Category: Mystery
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Reviews of Mordecai of Monterey 1985
Read More →: Reviews of Mordecai of Monterey 1985“Keith Abbott may be called a near-master of the plain-style…..Mordecai of Monterey is a straightforward touching tale…The novel is often funny…always inventive and worth pursuing. Doris Grunbach * “I was so struck by Mordecai’s melanoia I wished to immediately catch it. Aas it is symptomatic of our times that adventures and unpredictability have to be…
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Routine Apparitions:
Read More →: Routine Apparitions:A fictional novel in blog form Keith Abbott’s important notebooks and manuscripts have gone missing. But so is Keith because he died years ago. This doesn’t stop the ghost of the Zen monk from wandering around Longmont Colorado looking for his stuff while busy solving crimes with his zany buddies. Of course he has the…
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Persephone Introduces Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery
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Read More →: Persephone Introduces Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery“A satirical novel that manages to combine both mystery and sci-fi genres….Action aplenty …and fast dialogue.” — L.A. Times Book Review, Dec. 30, 1979 “Keith Abbott is a brilliant, virtuoso writer….He fascinates. He creates and maintains a climate of everyday perfection, and does it by destroying consistency. — Die Zeit, March 11, 1994 “This is…
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Persephone is still looking for Keith’s missing archival materials in Longmont: Update 29 September 2024
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/ MysteryRead More →: Persephone is still looking for Keith’s missing archival materials in Longmont: Update 29 September 2024From Tacoma to Longmont to Albuquerque – Persephone Abbott is visiting with family and friends.
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Keith Kumasen Abbott Reads of Tales of Oakland and Cocaine
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Read More →: Keith Kumasen Abbott Reads of Tales of Oakland and CocaineKeith Kumasen Abbott reads an excerpt from the novel: “This Music Can Be Heard in Your Area Only”. This fantastic story from the (missing) novel is a reference to Keith’s experiences in the mid 1980’s with his friend, the poet John Veglia (aka Nestor Marzipan). Graphic novelist Mimi Pond produced two books ‘Over Easy” and…
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What is Eldon and Terry Mast’s Tribute to Longmont Poet & Author & Artist Keith Kumasen Abbott?
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/ MysteryRead More →: What is Eldon and Terry Mast’s Tribute to Longmont Poet & Author & Artist Keith Kumasen Abbott?What happened to poet/author/artist Keith Kumasen Abbott’s notebooks/journals and manuscripts? They are not at the archives of the University of Western Washington at Bellingham.
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Where are Keith Kumasen Abbott’s friends?
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/ MysteryRead More →: Where are Keith Kumasen Abbott’s friends?What’s missing in the archives? My father’s records of his friendships. Why? Because my mother may have edited the archives. My father should be allowed to speak for himself and I encourage the person or persons who have these missing materials to send them to the archives at the University of Western Washington at Bellingham.…
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Searching for Keith Kumasen Abbott in the Artic Circle?
Read More →: Searching for Keith Kumasen Abbott in the Artic Circle?This is my summer project — the novel that is — but I suspect that the missing materials will take longer than a summer to find.