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The So Blue Marble
1940 novel
The So Blue Marble is a 1940 mystery thriller novel by the American writer Dorothy B. Hughes.[1] It was her first published novel.[2] The manuscript was trimmed by 25,000 words at the demand of the book's editor, establishing the author's terse, hard-boiled style.[3] It received excellent reviews.[4] It was followed by a sequel The Bamboo Blonde in 1941.