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A scholar of American literature at Stanford says itâs worth publishing. The agents representing the Steinbeck estate strongly disagree.
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May 27, 2021
Nine years before John Steinbeck published his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical masterpiece, âThe Grapes of Wrath,â he was working on a lighthearted detective novel featuring a werewolf.
The manuscript, âMurder at Full Moon,â was completed in 1930 but was never published. A single copy has been sitting, mostly forgotten, in an archive in Texas since 1969. It includes drawings by Steinbeck himself.
A scholar of American literature at Stanford University is pushing for the book to be published, but the agents for Steinbeckâs estate vehemently refused this week, after the effort was featured in The Guardian.
Murder at Full Moon. Publishers rejected the story in 1930, about a decade before his American classic
The Grapes of Wrath hit shelves. The 233-page unpublished manuscript now sits in the archives of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin.
The novel focuses on a California town terrorized by a string of murders that only occur during the full moon. Investigators suspect a supernatural being is responsible for the grisly deaths. As the story unfolds, a reporter, an amateur detective, and the manager of a local gun club get caught up in the mystery.
Professor Gavin Jones who specializes in American literature at Stanford University and Steinbeck biographer William Souder are among those in the literary community asking for the book to be published posthumously. Though there s plenty of interest in an unpublished werewolf story from the famous realist, fans will likely be waiting a while to read it. Steinbeck’s literary agents, McIntosh & Otis, told the Obser