Flann O'Brien Writes Sexton Blake...?

All in all, there are three Sexton Blake titles that Flann O'Brien is supposed to have written under the name of Stephen Blakesley. I've recently bought two of these, and here they are.


Riddle of the Blazing Bungalow by Stephen Blakesley


Man with a Number by Stephen Blakesley

The other title, which I have as yet to get, is The Trail of Raider Number 1. There is one further, almost certainly apocryphal, Sexton Blake title he is meant to have written, called The Cardinal and the Corpse...

Cathal Ó Sándair's Réics Carló

Cathal Ó Sándair was about the most popular author in the Irish language in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, but is largely forgotten today. He mostly wrote short chapbook-sized pulp adventure stories for younger readers, across all sorts of genres. His most popular series by far was that featuring the adventures of Réics Carló, a sort of Irish Sexton Blake detective character, whose escapades often featured aspects of the fantastic.

Here are the first five adventures of Réics Carló, with their wonderful bright covers.

Eachtraí Réic Carló - Uimhir a h-Aon
Na Mairbh a d'Fhill

Eachtraí Réic Carló - Uimhir a Dó
An tEiteallán Do-Fheicthe

Eachtraí Réic Carló - Uimhir a Trí
An Curpán sa Trúnc

Eachtraí Réics Carló - Uimhir a Ceathar
Dúnmharbhú i bPáirc an Chrócaigh

Eachtraí Réic Carló - Uimhir a Cúig
Uathbhás i mBrú na Bóinne