The Fabulous Clipjoint

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The Fabulous Clipjoint

First edition
Author	Fredric Brown
Language	English
Series	Ed and Am Hunter mysteries
Genre	mystery, detective fiction
Publisher	Dutton
Publication date	1947
Publication place	United States
Pages	224
Followed by	The Dead Ringer

The Fabulous Clipjoint, first published in book form in 1947 (originally published under the title Dead Man's Indemnity in Mystery Book magazine, April 1946), is the first full-length novel by writer Fredric Brown,^[1] who had honed his craft by publishing hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the day. The Fabulous Clipjoint is also the first of seven detective novels featuring the nephew/uncle team of Ed and Am Hunter.^[2] The subsequent novels in the series are The Dead Ringer, The Bloody Moonlight, Compliments of a Fiend, Death Has Many Doors, The Late Lamented, and Mrs Murphy's Underpants.