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Thanks mercs! Ordered!Originally posted by mercia View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by antongould View Post
Do come back to AA! It's gone a bit quiet lately!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I'm seeing a cousin on Saturday who will probably be able to order it for me, not at £33 though. I'm still having a lot of trouble with this computer, iPlayer has dug his heels in and won't return and I have a mad mouse to cope with.Thanks AntonOriginally posted by antongould View PostComment
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That's a coincidence, I was sorting out books the other day and found, and put aside, an Edmund Crispin, intending to read, I do like his books. I was recommended a Derek Raymond (aka Robin Cook) which I just cannot get on with The Crust on Its Uppers If anyone would like it send me a PM and I'll willingly pop it in a jiffy bag otherwise it's in the next consignment to the charity shopComment
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Are you sure you haven't confused Robert Cook with Robin Cook or Dr Robin Cook?Originally posted by Anna View PostComment
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I will attempt to rejoin and make your dark winter nights longer!Originally posted by Caliban View Post Do come back to AA! It's gone a bit quiet lately!Comment
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That is one of the articles I linked to, Anna. I do think the fact that he had multiple pen names needs to be made more prominent, though.Comment
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As I started this what seems like years ago, may I request any suggestions for Classic Detective Stories, etc. that you have discovered in the past year or so.?
I can't get to bookshops now but it's interesting to find out what's new.Comment
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This thread prompted me to re-read A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake and Trent's Last Case by E C Bentley after very many years and they are still the classics of the genre that they always have been."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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It's possible, of course, but Bruce Montgomery was a musician (organ scholar at St John's Oxford) and a composer of talent beyond the many film scores. Geoffrey Bush was a good friend (they shared a first public concert at the Wigmore Hall), as were Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis, both of whom wrote about Bruce Montgomery (respectively in Jill and Memoirs). If you didn't know it before, Montgomery wrote the story, script and music for the film Raising the Wind (Kenneth Williams and crew) and appeared in the film, conducting Messiah.Originally posted by salymap View PostComment
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I met Derek Raymond (Robin Cook) a number of times in the 90's. He was often to be seen with his trademark beret in the Coach and Horses, Soho. His "Factory" series of novels, especially "I Was Dora Suarez" are exceptionally violent and should be avoided by the more, shall we say, delicate reader.
I'm not sure if anyone has yet mentioned Gladys Mitchell, a writer who began her craft in the late 20's - Gollancz, starting his new company in 1929 chose her as one of his earliest 'tec writers - before she moved on and stayed with Michael Joseph right through to the 80's. Her books are still being reprinted today. Larkin was especially fond of her work and deemed her the "glorious Gladys".O Wort, du Wort, das mir Fehlt!Comment
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