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Circulo del Crimen No. 33: La cara del hombre de Saturno
Harry Stephen Keeler's "The Face of the Man from Saturn" (translated from the original 1933 English publication) is a detective novel following Jimmie Kentland, a newspaper reporter for the Chicago Sun, a socialist daily. Pressured by his demanding editor August Fornhoff to produce an exclusive story within one week or lose his job, Kentland is unexpectedly assigned to manage the night editorial desk when the regular night editor falls ill. The narrative opens in Fornhoff's office where he dispatches Kentland with instructions regarding contributor Jeffrich's military analysis articles on the Sino-Japanese War, demanding greater neutrality. The plot employs Keeler's characteristic technique of interwoven, abruptly shifting narrative threads that blend mystery, espionage, and romance within the newspaper world of 1930s Chicago.