I liked Abbott and Costello, and and I was fond of the Three Stooges. When I was 8 or 9 years old, I was already a fan of comedy teams. I don't know if you can actually get the book if you order it, but it might be worth a try. But the Oxford University Press site is selling the book at this link, and they mention that an e-edition is available. UPDATE: Some people (including one of the editors) have mentioned in the comments that the book isn't in print and that there's no e-edtion. It's over 500 pages, but the stories are so much fun that I read it in a couple of days. This is a book that anyone interested in the history of crime-fiction fan should own, and since it's from Oxford University Press, it's probably still in print. The introduction to the volume is excellent, as are all the introductions to the stories, whether by Pronzini or Adrian. There were a couple of writers I wasn't familiar with (James Hannah and William Cole) and one I knew under another name (Michael Kerr, who's also Robert Hoskins, a name I was familiar with from science fiction). A good many of them haven't been reprinted often, so it was especially good to be reading them for the first time. Most of the writers are probably well known to fans of hard-boiled fiction, so you know what a treat the stories are. You can see why just by looking at the table of contents down below.
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