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Sto caricando le informazioni... Mr. Campion and Othersdi Margery Allingham
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 13 short stories with Campion solving mainly society based mysteries. he fits well in his environment and there is enough variety that they don't become too similar. They do share a tendency to tell you the solution & how Campion arrived at it, rather than let you spot it yourself. but that's probably artifact of the format. He works well in this format, this was a nice change of pace. ( ) My absolute favorite if Allingham's work --like Ellery Queen and some others, she was a great short story writer but her novels tend to be gloomy. Most of these stories are delightfully light and witty. My favorite is probably "The Old Man in the Window" about a 90 year old actor who covers up his own attempted murder. A perfectly enjoyable set of stories featuring Albert Campion and of course his foil, Stanislaus Oates. While the formula remains constant, there is enough ingenuity in the plot twists and certainly enough entertainment in the prose that one can finish the collection and still hope for more. These are sentences worth remembering: “After all, as he said, a broken heart takes at least twenty-four hours to mend without a seam and, while he was prepared to believe that life with a young woman of Miss Lea’s uncontrolled and vituperative tongue might drive a man to suicide, he mightyet need a day or two to get used to his merciful deliverance.” Delightful selection of short stories featuring society detective Albert Campion. Some interesting parallels with Dorothy Sayers stories - try "The Old Man in the Window" and Sayers "Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club" and "The Definite Article" and Sayers' "The Article in Question". Don't know when these stories were originally published so don't know who was first! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieAlbert Campion (11, short stories) Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiPenguin Books (762) ContieneElenchi di rilievo
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Agatha Christie called her 'a shining light'. Have you discovered Margery Allingham, the 'true queen' of the classic murder mystery? A baker's dozen of cases, each putting Albert Campion through his paces. In this miscellany of villainy, our unconventional sleuth must contend with misbehaving debutantes, sinister smuggling rings, a Dowager Countess who's not all that she seems, an SOS message daubed in lipstick, a beleaguered New York socialite, and an elderly Egyptologist indulging in some bad behaviour... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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