The White Cockatoo (novel)

The White Cockatoo is a murder mystery novel written by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1933. It was later released in December, 1993, by Thorndike Press.[1] The film served as the basis of the 1935 film of the same name directed by Alan Crosland.

Reception

The New York Times described The White Cockatoo as overly convoluted. The reviewer lamented the fact that Sarah Keate, the primary character of Eberhart's previous few books, did not make an appearance: "It might have been better if she had."[2] In a private letter to Fanny Butcher, Gertrude Stein reported that she was reading The White Cockatoo and was impressed by Eberhart's "xtraordinary" writing skill.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Goodreads. Accessed 13 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "New Mystery Stories". New York Times. 8 October 1933. p BR12. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index. Accessed 13 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Cypert, Rick. "Foppish, Effeminate, or "a little too handsome": Coded Character Descriptions and Masculinity in the Mystery Novels of Mignon G. Eberhart." Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall edited by Curtis Evans. McFarland & Company, 2017, p. 191.


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