Tales from Two Pockets Author:Karel Capek, Norma Comrada (Translator) Capek wrote 48 stories that deconstruct the mystery story by breaking one rule here, three rules there, and yet also make for wonderful reading. His unique approaches to the mysteries of justice and truth are full of the ordinary and the extraordinary, humor and humanism. — A collection of philosophical crime stories. Typical is The Last Judgment... more » in which God refuses to pass judgment on a man accused of murder, preferring to leave the verdict to a court of men. The reason? Being God he knows everything there is to know, therefore he cannot be an impartial judge. By the author of War with the Newts.
Dr. Mejzlik's case --
The blue chrysanthemum --
The fortuneteller --
The clairvoyant --
The mystery of handwriting --
Proof positive --
The experiment of Professor Rouss --
The missing letter --
Stolen document 139/VII Sect. C --
The man who looked just a bit suspicious --
The poet. Mr. Janik's cases --
The fall of the House of Voticky --
The record --
The selvin case --
Footprints --
The receipt --
Oplatka's end --
The last judgment --
The crime on the farm --
The disappearance of an actor --
An attempt at murder --
Released on parole --
The crime at the post office. The stolen cactus --
The old jailbird's tale --
The disappearance of Mr. Hirsch --
Chintamani and birds --
A safecracker and an arsonist --
The stolen murder --
The case involving the baby --
The little countess --
The orchestra conductor's story --
The death of Baron Gandara --
The breach of promise man. The ballad of Juraj Cup --