tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post2944286288948162220..comments2024-03-23T08:42:52.963-05:00Comments on Wait! I Have a Blog?!: Peculiar Crimes of the (Cross Out Fart) HeartKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-24732321434085005752010-05-11T22:19:25.813-05:002010-05-11T22:19:25.813-05:00Sounds like yet another serio-comic mystery series...Sounds like yet another serio-comic mystery series that I will have to read, in all my spare time. Fowler's premise sounds fun - and faintly reminiscent of Robert L. Fish's elderly crime writers in "The Murder League," "Rub-A-Dub-Dub," and "A Gross Carriage of Justice" (albeit from the other side of the dock).<br /><br /> Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time" is one of her best novels, though all six or so of the Inspector Grant stories are worth reading, as is "Brat Farrar."<br /><br />My shelves are peopled (better than pockmarked) with transatlantic mystery writers from the 20s through the 60s - Tey, Michael Innes (J.I.M. Stewart - of Inspector Appleby), Margery Allingham (conjuring up images of Peter Davison as Albert Campion from that great series that ran on PBS - ah, a while back). Agatha Christie is looming behind Dorothy Sayers and Georgette Heyer (the books have to the double-rowed to fit). Have to admit that I've only read Philip MacDonald's "List of Adrian Messenger," and not the rest of the Inspector Gethryn novels. (Certainly enjoyed the movies and TV shows he scripted.)<br /><br />I hope Babbitt pulls through - I try to support our independent booksellers around here. Politics & Prose is a stalwart here in DC; a great place to go to hear writers (Gwen Ifill, Christopher Buckley, Terry Pratchett, and T.R. Reid are just a few who they've hosted the last few years), and find treats. But the used bookstores down around Dupont Circle hold their own treasures, too. Last time I dropped by one, I picked up ten books: some novels, an essay collection, some archeological history, and some delightful literary criticism ("Contested Will," by James Shapiro). So, all hail the independent bookstores! <br /><br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-27023570275882177532010-05-11T14:48:37.581-05:002010-05-11T14:48:37.581-05:00You have just the right amount of fun in your blog...You have just the right amount of fun in your blog, though!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853560881137493014noreply@blogger.com