Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... The Dying Alderman (1930)door Henry Wade
Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I marvel that a brilliant man like Jacques Barzun would include this in a collection of fifty classics. While it does have some -- shall we say? -- sociological interest, and it does end very strong, it is a classic instance of "For the first thirty pages you wonder whether it will ever start, and from then on you wnder whether it will ever end." Incidentally, the gimmick of three suspects with similar names is used again with great cleverness in Warner Shedd's WILDCAT AT EVE. Another thought of much less consequence: this volume, like many others in the Barzun & Taylor reprint series is blighted by multiple typographical errors. I don't think Barzun would have put-up with that kind of sloppiness in his own students! ( ) Many of these Penguins I read blind; I choose them at random from the shelf, with only the cover of the spine to give a clue as to what they will be about. The earliest ones carry no blurb, and no information about the author. And so I read this wondering: who was Henry Wade? I felt certain he must have been a detective, moonlighting as a mystery writer. He seemed to have a deep and thorough understanding of police procedure, and intimate knowledge of the thought processes of someone overwhelmed by information, struggling to distinguish signal from noise, stumbling towards a conclusion. Perhaps he showed an unusual level of interest in the workings of committees and Town Councils - a Town Councillor seemed another possibility. But how intriguing to find that he was actually a Peer, Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet. Continued A fine mystery of the "classical" phase. POSSIBLE SPOILER COMING: Three investigators (all official: Superintendent, Chief Constable, and Scotland Yard inspector), who do not fully trust or even respect each other, take different approaches to solving the murder of an unpleasant fellow. All are partly right and, of course, inescapably, ultimately wrong. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
PrijzenOnderscheidingen
At a meeting of Quenborough Borough Council, the Mayor, Sir John Assington, is accused by Alderman Trant of wasting money and turning a blind eye to speculators on the make. Then Trant is stabbed with his own knife, and while dying, manages to scratch the initials 'MA' on a piece of paper. Local Chief Constable Race is on the case. He is new to the force, so Superintendent Vorley comes to his aid. With the help of Scotland Yard, in the shape of Inspector Lott, they each bring a different approach to the investigation. For the truth is rarely straightforward... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.9Literature English English fiction Modern PeriodLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |