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These stories centre around the use of the Reacher-Outer-Bringer-Backer - "a device that enables one to hear conversations from bygone eras". The main character, Eddie Rumpelmayer, uses it for various absurd money-making schemes which inevitably go wrong.
Blair, Richard. 'Blown to Blazes & Other Works of J.B. Blair and Jim Blair's years at The Bulletin (1934-1961)'
Notes
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Richard Blair reports finding the manuscript for this work in the Mitchell Library. No copy of the published work has been located. Most of the stories in the draft found also appear in Pardon My Intrusion.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Frank Johnson
, 1944 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Rumpelmayer's Reverser,
single work
short story
humour
Rumpelmayer and his associate find a way to re-record gramophone records played backwards and palm them off as works by a Russian composer.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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y
Pardon My Intrusion
Sydney
:
Frank Johnson
,
1946
Z811716
1946
single work
novel
Works about this Work
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'Blown to Blazes & Other Works of J.B. Blair' and Jim Blair's years at The Bulletin (1934-1961)
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , December no. 360 2008; (p. 148-163)
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'Blown to Blazes & Other Works of J.B. Blair' and Jim Blair's years at The Bulletin (1934-1961)
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , December no. 360 2008; (p. 148-163)
Last amended 28 Apr 2009 10:55:59
