title: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A novel
author:  Gideon Defoe 
description: Gideon Defoe, who lives in London, is the author of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. The pirate books are just the first stage of his plan to topple the global economy and create a glorious workers utopia.
zlib_text: JOHN	DICKSON	CARR
  HAG’S
  NOOK
  INTERNATIONAL	POLYGONICS,	LTD.	NEW	YORK	CITY
  NOOK
  HAG'S	NOOK
  Copyright	©	1933	by	John	Dickson	Carr.	Copyright	renewed	1960	by	John	Dickson	Carr.
  Introduction	and	cover:	Copyright	©	1985	International	Polygonics,	Ltd.
  Library	of	Congress	Card.	Catalog	No.	85-81384	ISBN	0-930330-28-5
  Printed	by	Guinn	Printing,	Inc.,	Hoboken,	N.J.
  Printed	 and	 manufactured	 in	 the	 United	 States	 of	 America	 First	 IPL	 printing	 November	 1985
  10987654321
  HAG'S	NOOK
  DR.	GIDEON	FELL,	DETECTIVE
  He	comes	striding	towards	us	now,	beaming	like	Old	King	Cole.	You	can
  probably	hear	him	chuckle.	If	he	wheezes	a	little,	that's	due	to	his	weighing
  more	than	three	hundred	pounds.You	notice	the	three	chins,	and	the	bandit's
  mustache,	and	the	eyeglasses	on	the	black	ribbon.	He	removes	his	hat	with
  old-school	courtesy.	Don't	try	to	bow,	doctor!	He	is	Gideon	Fell,	doctor	of
  philosophy	and	expert	on	crime.
  In	 these	 words,	 the	 narrator	 of	 one	 of	 John	 Dickson	 Carr's	 radio-plays
  