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from Deborah Shapiro’s WATCHING THE DETECTIVE
between our parents homes. My fish was named Cuddles.) "You're so unassuming," Anna said, at the end of our meeting. "I mean that as a compliment." Columbo, too, is unassuming. In a way that would serve a detective—or a would-be writer. Unassuming as a function of being exceedingly observant. To put it another way, you don't make too much of yourself because you are occupied with making much out of what is going on around you. As my father would say: You don't miss a trick. At least, you try not to. There are, it turns out, several Columbo storylines featuring writers who overestimate their ability to let no trick be missed. "Murder by the Book" (1971) involves a team of mystery writers-one kills the other. The episode was shot by a 24-year-old Steven Spielberg. In "Publish or Perish" (1974), it's technically a publisher, played by the suave Jack Cassidy, the murderous writer in the aforementioned episode, who does in a bestselling novelist, to collect insurance money and to keep Photo of Deborah shapiro’s WATCHING THE DETECTIVE
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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It's such a good one
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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adding a link if you want to add to cart! (and use code THANKS10 for 10% off your order) www.bsideeditions.com/shop/p/watch...
Watching the Detective by Deborah Shapiro — b-side editions
A book ostensibly about the time I got weirdly obsessed with streaming Columbo, but really about so much more.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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amazing
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I love hearing that! (And Ed Park forever!)
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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thanks Juan!!
October 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Hope you enjoy and thanks!
August 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I love that he speaks in paragraphs, he speaks like he writes, which nobody really does anymore (and I so admire his prose).
May 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM