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{{Short description|1938 novel by S.S. Van Dine}}
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'''''The Gracie Allen Murder Case''''' (1938) (also published as ''The Scent of Murder'') is
==Literary significance
For some readers the whole thing works oddly wonderfully, and shows [[S. S. Van Dine]]'s skill at combining his traditional approach with some unusual forms. Other readers found this book both disconcerting and disappointing. It did not enjoy anything near the commercial success of Van Dine's earlier novels (or his prime character, when Philo Vance himself was developed into a classic radio show), and most critics considered it a failure.
Those critics might have agreed with the protagonist herself. In classic Gracie style, when Van Dine was working on the novel, Allen quipped, "S.S. Van Dine is silly to spend six months writing a novel when you can buy one for two dollars and ninety-eight cents."
Crime novelist and critic [[Julian Symons]] wrote, "The decline in the last six Vance books is so steep that the critic who called the ninth of them one more stitch in his literary shroud was not overstating the case."<ref>Symons, Julian, ''Bloody Murder'', London: Faber and Faber 1972, with revisions in Penguin Books 1974, {{ISBN|0-14-003794-2}}</ref>
[[Category:Mystery novels|Gracie Allen Murder Case]]▼
[[Category:American novels|Gracie Allen Murder Case]]▼
[[Category:1938 novels|Gracie Allen Murder Case]]▼
[[Category:Novels by S. S. Van Dine]]▼
==Film adaptation==
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The novel was adapted into a 1939 film starring Gracie Allen (who received billing above [[Warren William]]'s portrayal of Philo Vance) which was fairly faithful to the novel. The action stops in the first third when Gracie sings a song that at first seems to be her attempt to sing the first lines of a number of popular songs, each to the tune of another—a [[novelty song]]. The film focuses more on her humor than the murder plot, and Philo Vance, whom Gracie keeps calling "Fido" in the film, is relegated to a decidedly secondary role.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{FadedPage|id=20140928|name=The Gracie Allen Murder Case}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070614083109/http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300251.txt The text of the novel is available from Project Gutenberg, Australia]
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