tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post320189202976177279..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Swan Song by Edmund CrispinClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68481714065398877872013-11-18T11:55:46.504+00:002013-11-18T11:55:46.504+00:00Your books embargo gives you too good an excuse to...Your books embargo gives you too good an excuse to avoid all the excellent volumes I recommend!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-77654338938062132762013-11-18T11:22:11.682+00:002013-11-18T11:22:11.682+00:00Not for me thanks.........nextNot for me thanks.........nextcol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-86593551824806971312013-11-17T22:13:56.411+00:002013-11-17T22:13:56.411+00:00I very much liked the opera setting of this one - ...I very much liked the opera setting of this one - I like any kind of theatrical setting in a book, but opera is a big interest of mine so even better. Crispin is an easy read, I'm sure you'll enjoy when you get to this....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41064033861001607772013-11-17T22:03:10.639+00:002013-11-17T22:03:10.639+00:00I do have all of Crispin's books (given to me ...I do have all of Crispin's books (given to me by my husband) but have only read two, so I will get to this one someday. All of the Salome pictures are very interesting and revealing.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-11109464636628361672013-11-17T17:03:09.831+00:002013-11-17T17:03:09.831+00:00I'm not sure that isn't even better, looks...I'm not sure that isn't even better, looks like Oscar Wilde in drag.... Poor woman.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-124818612267395812013-11-17T16:57:43.230+00:002013-11-17T16:57:43.230+00:00OOOPS!!! That will teach me to speak before check...OOOPS!!! That will teach me to speak before checking...<br />The picture in question was mis-identified as Wilde by a biographer in the 80's, but more recent research has correctly identified it as another. She only LOOKS like Oscar Wilde in drag. Hmmm.Ken Nyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838597854722716546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52042253088020008882013-11-17T16:49:10.893+00:002013-11-17T16:49:10.893+00:00It was such fun looking through the images of Salo...It was such fun looking through the images of Salome, it's obviously been a great challenge to actress/singers and costume designers down the ages...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-18916542582048735602013-11-17T16:48:09.241+00:002013-11-17T16:48:09.241+00:00They're light easy reads, very enjoyable... I ...They're light easy reads, very enjoyable... I think I'm probably going to re-read them all over the next few moths. As you say, something funny is always good.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-53909196709705586852013-11-17T15:15:10.050+00:002013-11-17T15:15:10.050+00:00I haven't read this one, Moira. I love the pic...I haven't read this one, Moira. I love the picture of Salome!Sarahhttp://crimepices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45756970242377054362013-11-17T14:31:36.746+00:002013-11-17T14:31:36.746+00:00Moira - I've always loved that thread of music...Moira - I've always loved that thread of music that runs through Crispin's work, and this is a terrific example of it. And I do like the humour in his stories, too; you've provided a great example of that in that snippet. And of course, there's Salome... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-62566878948863257422013-11-17T13:22:47.128+00:002013-11-17T13:22:47.128+00:00Well you didn't let me down Ken - this is star...Well you didn't let me down Ken - this is startling. Oscar Wilde played Salome in his own play? and there's a picture? My oh my. I just looked on Google and couldn't find the image, so it's just in my imagination for now...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-6589111224733674232013-11-17T13:13:03.302+00:002013-11-17T13:13:03.302+00:00And right on cue...
I can see how it would be diff...And right on cue...<br />I can see how it would be difficult to choose from all those Salomes. My personal favorite is from the Oscar Wilde play upon which the opera was based, and is of Oscar himself in drag as a rather pudgy Salome. I'm not sure if I'm disappointed or relieved that his version of the Dance of the Seven Veils was too early to have been captured on film.Ken Nyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838597854722716546noreply@blogger.com