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Bottomless Well, Chesterton

The Bottomless Well . . . terrific story marred by anti-semitism at end.  British occupied Arab land.  Legend of Aladdin (different one) building into the heavens.  God, angry, throws him into well as deep as the building was to be high.  Brits have golf course, clubhouse, etc., near the well.  And then--murder.  Famous general (Hastings) killed, apparently by his wife's lover.  Enter Fisher: He figures out that a revolving bookcase holds the secret as to how the death occurred.  Also the (lack of) use of the bottomless well as a place to throw the body plays into the solution.  Very clever, and then, some nasty anti-semitism which blames Jews for involving England in places they shouldn't be, all for money.  G.K.--I didn't know!

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