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When вЂњGrapes of WrathвЂќ was published in 1939, with its emotional story of farm workers forced to migrate from the Depression dust bowl of Oklahoma, it became an overnight sensation. Not long after he completed the novel, Steinbeck ended up with an agent, who sold the more ambitious book, вЂњThe Pastures of Heaven ,вЂќ starting a new phase in the authorвЂ™s career. It is not clear whether publishers formally rejected the book or if Steinbeck ever properly shopped it around, Mr. But when Steinbeck sent the manuscript to a college friend, he told the friend, вЂњI donвЂ™t want anyone to know I had anything to do with it,вЂќ Mr. His use of a pen name might seem odd to a modern audience that has grown accustomed to authors of literary fiction dabbling in horror and other genres. Steinbeck, who dropped out of Stanford, might be surprised that a Stanford professor would one day praise the book. вЂњI think he was inventing something here.вЂќ It is a lost piece of California noir, he said. This element gives the novel a вЂњpostmodern, ironic feel,вЂќ Mr. In order to find the killer - who they start to suspect might be a superhuman monster that has arisen from the marsh - the investigators apply a theory of crime detection built on reading bad murder mysteries. The illustrations by Steinbeck include a murder scene.

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Other, more gruesome killings of people follow, always under a full moon. When one memberвЂ™s dog is killed on a moonlit night, the reporter and an eccentric candidate for sheriff decide to investigate. He is soon drawn into the orbit of a local hunting club. Jones, who is one of the few people to have ever read the book, described the plot (spoilers ahead): The book focuses on a cub reporter who takes a job in the fictional town of Cone City near a spooky dismal marsh. It took her a couple of weeks to type вЂњMurder at Full Moon,вЂќ Mr. His wife, Carol Henning Steinbeck, a superb editor, would then type it up, sometimes making tweaks as she went. Souder called his вЂњmicroscopicвЂќ handwriting. SteinbeckвЂ™s writing process typically involved scrawling pages by hand in what Mr. He was also broke, so he decided, вЂњIвЂ™ll just write something terrible for public consumption and try to make a few bucks off it,вЂќ Mr. He told a friend that all he needed was another 10 or so rejections to become convinced that he should give up on writing. Steinbeck had written more serious books but had not had any luck selling them. Though it received better than expected reviews, it was already out of print, Mr. The year before, he had published his first book, вЂњCup of Gold,вЂќ a swashbuckling pirate adventure set in the Caribbean in the 1600s. The writer was 28 in 1930, living in a cottage in Pacific Grove, near Monterey, Calif., hoping for his big break. Steinbeck wrote the story in nine days, according to William Souder, who wrote the biography вЂњMad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck.вЂќ вЂњHe didnвЂ™t destroy вЂMurder at Full Moon,вЂ™вЂќ he said. The author did not get rid of the manuscript, something he had done with other unpublished works, the professor noted. Professor Jones said the use of the name did not mean Steinbeck had not wanted the book to see the light of day. The pseudonym Steinbeck chose was Peter Pym. As longtime agents for Steinbeck and the Estate, we do not exploit works that the author did not wish to be published.вЂќ вЂњThere are several other works written by Steinbeck that have been posthumously published, with his directions and the careful consideration of the Estate. вЂњSteinbeck wrote вЂMurder at Full MoonвЂ™ under a pseudonym, and once he became an established author, he did not choose to seek publication of this work,вЂќ a representative of the New York-based agency, McIntosh & Otis, wrote. His campaign prompted a firm email statement from SteinbeckвЂ™s agents this week. For this reason, he believes itвЂ™s worth sharing with the public. вЂњItвЂ™s a potboiler, but itвЂ™s also the caldron of central themes we see throughout SteinbeckвЂ™s later work,вЂќ he said. Instead he found a coherent, completed 233-page manuscript. вЂњI was expecting a fragmented, bizarre, incomplete work,вЂќ Professor Jones said.