Lay On, Mac Duff!

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Lay On, Mac Duff!
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Author Charlotte Armstrong
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMacDougal Duff
GenreMystery
Publisher Coward-McCann
Publication date
1942
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Followed byThe Case of the Weird Sisters 

Lay On, Mac Duff! is a 1942 mystery novel by the American writer Charlotte Armstrong. It was first published in New York by Coward-McCann, an imprint of Putnam. [1] The first of a trilogy featuring amateur detective MacDougal Duff, it was followed by The Case of the Weird Sisters (1943) and The Innocent Flower (1945). The title is a punning reference to both the protagonist's name and a line from William Shakespeare's Macbeth , with the following two titles in the trilogy also referring to the play. [2] It was Armstrong's debut novel, following two Broadway plays that made no great impact.

References

  1. Reilly p.43
  2. Cypert p.55

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