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Title: The Funny Farm

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Title: The Funny Farm Title Record # 94369
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1971-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: When petty thief Lenny Morgan catches wind of an extensive comics collection owned by the reclusive old Joe Satterlee, he thinks he's hit upon an easy score. Satterlee lives alone with his collection in a house outside three miles outside of town the locals have taken to calling "the funny farm." No friends or family, Satterlee won't hardly be missed if something should happen to him or his funny pages. But it isn't the frail old man that Morgan needs to worry about in that house...
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Translations
Year Language Title
1981Translated by Jean-Marie Dessaux
French Chez le dingue

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dark Things 1971-00-00 ed. August Derleth Arkham House  
$6.50?$: US dollar
vii+
330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Herb Arnold Checkmark
Night Chills 1975-11-00 ed. Kirby McCauley Avon 0-380-00397-X / 26856
$1.50?$: US dollar
260
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Helmut Wenske Checkmark
La boîte à maléfices de Robert Bloch 1981-01-00 Robert Bloch Casterman (Autres temps, autres mondes) 2-203-22632-3   229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jean-Pierre Sénamaud  
La boîte à maléfices 1989-01-00 Robert Bloch Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5321) 2-266-02774-3   251
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
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