tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post4570140175205332825..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Poison Pen: The Long Divorce by Edmund CrispinClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-62173946307198267772014-09-23T22:14:21.816+01:002014-09-23T22:14:21.816+01:00Yes it is, and I did enjoy it. Look forward to see...Yes it is, and I did enjoy it. Look forward to seeing the haul.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40694799809582663172014-09-23T21:52:52.899+01:002014-09-23T21:52:52.899+01:00I will definitely do a post, probably more than on...I will definitely do a post, probably more than one. We already have photos and scans. Just have to find the time.<br /><br />Swan Song is the one about opera? I can try that one, it is fairly early in the series.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-48680132597231359472014-09-23T17:59:56.947+01:002014-09-23T17:59:56.947+01:00You need to do a post on the book sale Tracy - you...You need to do a post on the book sale Tracy - young people do this thing where they post a YouTube video of themselves upacking their shopping, is it a 'haul video'? You should totally do one of those. <br />I think I liked Swan Song best of the Crispin books I have re-read recently, but I still have a few to go.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-48397580766806913832014-09-23T16:19:01.126+01:002014-09-23T16:19:01.126+01:00This is probably a similar to a comment I left at ...This is probably a similar to a comment I left at an earlier post on a book by Crispin. I have read two of his books, loved one and did not like the other. Glen gave me all of his paperbacks so I can try some more.<br /><br />The Moving Toyshop is the one I liked and I got an old hardback copy of it at the sale the other day. Probably one of my favorite books from the sale.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23024177535492497972014-09-22T16:15:27.977+01:002014-09-22T16:15:27.977+01:00The list scheme is obviously working perfectly for...The list scheme is obviously working perfectly for checking these things...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-38313119420207907582014-09-22T13:34:02.843+01:002014-09-22T13:34:02.843+01:00No very restrained over here - December last year ...No very restrained over here - December last year - Gilded Flycol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83406353402065484272014-09-22T13:23:34.423+01:002014-09-22T13:23:34.423+01:00Just the one, you haven't bought his entire ba...Just the one, you haven't bought his entire back-catalogue? Well time to try the one....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-67015984822720705262014-09-22T13:09:37.287+01:002014-09-22T13:09:37.287+01:00Deja-vous, I think I might have one of his on the ...Deja-vous, I think I might have one of his on the pile, maybe! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-34099108829806900762014-09-22T11:15:06.493+01:002014-09-22T11:15:06.493+01:00Fainting much more elegant than throwing up....Fainting much more elegant than throwing up....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40997359760369362672014-09-22T11:14:43.902+01:002014-09-22T11:14:43.902+01:00Yes I really appreciated that Curtis. I hadn't...Yes I really appreciated that Curtis. I hadn't come across the biog.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37301821210701009862014-09-22T00:58:36.292+01:002014-09-22T00:58:36.292+01:00Jacques Barzun called the convention in English my...Jacques Barzun called the convention in English mystery that you throw up ("get sick") when immediately upon a murdered body the "emetic response."The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76299707212692223032014-09-22T00:57:03.922+01:002014-09-22T00:57:03.922+01:00Yes, such an amusing man, yet such a sad life in m...Yes, such an amusing man, yet such a sad life in many ways. That often seems to be the case though, doesn't it? With that blog series on him, I wanted to bring home a lot of the insights from David Whittle's fine bio of him, which is outrageously expensive.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-87080008105584489932014-09-21T22:40:28.370+01:002014-09-21T22:40:28.370+01:00It was definitely an accepted gradation of colour ...It was definitely an accepted gradation of colour in the UK, people would say 'I'm afraid my hair is boring mouse' - in the middle between blonde and brunette. But you don't hear it nowadays... even though lots of people have hair that colour!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19537213144212894162014-09-21T21:46:44.230+01:002014-09-21T21:46:44.230+01:00I don't remember mouse-colored hair being self...I don't remember mouse-colored hair being self-descriptions over here. And while I love that suit with jacket and skirt (and hat), I don't think any woman has a figure like that. It's a bit of a caricature, I'd think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43332226949815938602014-09-21T21:23:41.208+01:002014-09-21T21:23:41.208+01:00Yes indeed. And then they need smelling salts or ...Yes indeed. And then they need smelling salts or sal volatile, whatever they are. Are they the same thing?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45563943413240613542014-09-21T20:51:34.356+01:002014-09-21T20:51:34.356+01:00And fainters always land in a "crumpled heap&...And fainters always land in a "crumpled heap". ;-)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88374528798209762782014-09-21T09:47:27.509+01:002014-09-21T09:47:27.509+01:00Thanks Curt, and I really enjoyed your review of i...Thanks Curt, and I really enjoyed your review of it, and would strongly suggest that anyone looking at my piece should move on to yours: it is detailed and thoughtful. What an interesting character Crispin/Montgomery was, and what an intriguing collection of books he wrote.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-89904043567136581112014-09-21T06:46:30.501+01:002014-09-21T06:46:30.501+01:00I really like this one. Nice puzzle, great humor (...I really like this one. Nice puzzle, great humor (love the cat) and a move toward more mature treatment of the women characters. My take:<br /><br />http://thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-killed-crispin-creative-life-and_25.htmlThe Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-86554545536319960872014-09-20T19:44:38.612+01:002014-09-20T19:44:38.612+01:00I think the coat/skirt/suit things is a real shibb...I think the coat/skirt/suit things is a real shibboleth - you pick on something for no reason and divide the terms into PLU and common. Does anybody self-describe as 'mouse' these days - they did when I was younger....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68638505022692792012014-09-20T19:43:12.265+01:002014-09-20T19:43:12.265+01:00Thanks for the extra details Sergio - he was an in...Thanks for the extra details Sergio - he was an interesting character, but ultimately the drink did for him didn't it?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66779262431956170492014-09-20T19:02:56.965+01:002014-09-20T19:02:56.965+01:00When did you last see a lady with mouse-coloured h...When did you last see a lady with mouse-coloured hair? I miss it! (A coat-and-skirt is a suit, because it was common to say "suit" - I wonder why? Still worse to call it a "costume"! Is "two-piece" beyond the pale?)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84730354659230915642014-09-20T15:36:03.472+01:002014-09-20T15:36:03.472+01:00Bruce Montgomery, until drink got the better of hi...Bruce Montgomery, until drink got the better of him, was a pretty prolific film composer (about 50 scores I think) - he did pretty much all the early Carry Ons but he became unreliable and so they got Eric Rogers instead, who is the composer most associated with the series. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-67496478402028108752014-09-20T13:04:57.498+01:002014-09-20T13:04:57.498+01:00Yes, I liked the way he used the conventions of GA...Yes, I liked the way he used the conventions of GA, and I really wish he'd written more, because I think he might have gone in some great new directions. Lost masterpieces, is how I think of him.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71193801056119524932014-09-20T13:03:29.436+01:002014-09-20T13:03:29.436+01:00He almost gets there with his women characters, gi...He almost gets there with his women characters, gives it a go anyway. This one is a doctor, which is a step in the right direction. And of course she has inner beauty....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-13961485078615018882014-09-20T12:51:39.613+01:002014-09-20T12:51:39.613+01:00Moira - Oh, Crisipin did have that attitude toward...Moira - Oh, Crisipin did have that attitude towards the genre didn't he? And yet, as Sergio points out, he is such fun to read. And the whole village setup is just such a classic of crime fiction, you just know Crispin would use it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com