The Case of the Perjured Parrot

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The Case of the Perjured Parrot is a Perry Mason detective novel by Erle Stanley Gardner in which a talking parrot becomes a key witness in a murder investigation.

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instanceOf Perry Mason novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Erle Stanley Gardner ⓘ
centralTheme courtroom drama ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
evidence and testimony ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtist Charles L. McCann ⓘ
featuresCharacter Della Street ⓘ
Paul Drake ⓘ
fictionalLawyer Perry Mason ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1939 ⓘ
followedBy The Case of the Baited Hook ⓘ
genre legal thriller ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasAnimalCharacter parrot ⓘ
hasCourtroomScenes yes ⓘ
hasFictionalDetective Perry Mason ⓘ
hasFictionalLawFirm Perry Mason's law practice ⓘ
hasHumanVictim murder victim ⓘ
hasMurderInvestigation yes ⓘ
hasRecurringCharacter Della Street ⓘ
Paul Drake ⓘ
Perry Mason ⓘ
hasTitleCharacterType parrot ⓘ
isPartOf Erle Stanley Gardner bibliography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Golden Age detective fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Perry Mason ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeDevice animal witness ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrative ⓘ
notableElement talking parrot as key witness ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfFranchise Perry Mason books ⓘ
linked to: Perry Mason
precededBy The Case of the Rolling Bones ⓘ
protagonistOccupation defense attorney ⓘ
publisher William Morrow and Company ⓘ
series Perry Mason ⓘ
setting California ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal law ⓘ
murder ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory 20th century ⓘ
usesClueType verbal clue from parrot ⓘ
workInLegalFiction yes ⓘ
workType crime novel ⓘ

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Erle Stanley Gardner → notableWork → The Case of the Perjured Parrot ⓘ