tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post4689286046855699188..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The Secret Adversary by Agatha ChristieClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64854345661723227042015-03-11T19:21:06.304+00:002015-03-11T19:21:06.304+00:00Oh good! Perhaps when you review it you will persu...Oh good! Perhaps when you review it you will persuade some of us to go back to it.... I haven't been tempted to re-read it recently....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52498440032650416282015-03-10T22:51:19.230+00:002015-03-10T22:51:19.230+00:00Motivated by this comment thread, I took the book ...Motivated by this comment thread, I took the book with me to an appointment and read one and a half stories and the one I finished was the first one in the book that I found appealing. So that's a good thing.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37253555632685033792015-03-10T19:37:50.490+00:002015-03-10T19:37:50.490+00:00I think the problem is that many of the detectives...I think the problem is that many of the detectives parodied are long forgotten...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-85653743344667168142015-03-10T19:03:39.144+00:002015-03-10T19:03:39.144+00:00Yes, that is the one. I did consider that it was a...Yes, that is the one. I did consider that it was an early set of short stories, but another problem for me is I don't know enough about some of the detectives being spoofed to recognize that is even the case. I am not very far in but I think I started it a year ago and I have got to finish it soon. I would like to get on to N or M this year.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65734311682598890982015-03-10T13:42:07.138+00:002015-03-10T13:42:07.138+00:00OK I'm definitely going to have to read Thumbs...OK I'm definitely going to have to read Thumbs now - read it years ago, but don't remember much about it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66668738520890945742015-03-10T11:43:47.568+00:002015-03-10T11:43:47.568+00:00I'm also a big fan of Pricking of my Thumbs!! ...I'm also a big fan of Pricking of my Thumbs!! I think my favourite T&T is "N or M?" though.Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.facebook.com/danielmilfordcottamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-44936135982615123852015-03-10T11:40:13.479+00:002015-03-10T11:40:13.479+00:00That's interesting you like Thumbs, it doesn&#...That's interesting you like Thumbs, it doesn't have a great reputation - I might try re-reading it. I imagine Adversary is a touring production, so there will be more chances: it really is an entertaining couple of hours.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76477226089778574202015-03-10T11:38:53.915+00:002015-03-10T11:38:53.915+00:00Jane Finn would mean nothing if you haven't re...Jane Finn would mean nothing if you haven't read it - I just had to make that point! I have read all of Christie, much of it several times over, and in all the books and all the time I have been reading her, I have always thought the Jane Finn mention to be the worst moment. A young woman has to think of a false name, pulls out of her head one overheard by someone else in the street, and says that (she's supposed to have remembered it because it was 'so funny', but it isn't even that). By sheer massive chance it just happens to be the name of a highly important lost young woman who has the missing documents, so the people she is with think she knows something. It kicks off the plot all right, but there would have been a million better ways! Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-81158635047692997222015-03-10T11:34:21.591+00:002015-03-10T11:34:21.591+00:00Partners in Crime is short stories in the manner o...Partners in Crime is short stories in the manner of other detective writers, is that right? I could never get on with that one. Then think of Christie, a young woman trying to do a bit of spare-time writing for pin money, 'oh short stories are a good idea' - she can't ever have guessed that nearly 100 years later we'd be reading them so carefully and trying to make sense of her decisions....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16942624749311595552015-03-10T11:32:40.183+00:002015-03-10T11:32:40.183+00:00We need touch-variable screens (or 3-d printers) -...We need touch-variable screens (or 3-d printers) - I need examples of all these lovely fabrics....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-40896814063411315092015-03-10T11:31:53.266+00:002015-03-10T11:31:53.266+00:00Love the idea of characters called after fabrics, ...Love the idea of characters called after fabrics, and Etamine IS lovely! I am intending sometime to do a list of good ones - I know I am not the only reader who spent years being puzzled as to what tarleton is, and always imagining it as having a self-coloured faint criss-cross patters, close to tartan you see. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28000952399663718692015-03-10T10:55:21.305+00:002015-03-10T10:55:21.305+00:00There are some great fabric names out there. You c...There are some great fabric names out there. You could populate an entire genre of books with people named after fabrics. Georgette, Dimity, Tiffany, Tobine, Rayon...<br /><br />Synthetic wise, don't Terylene, Crimplene and Pellon sound like characters from late 20th century Australian soap operas?<br /><br />One fabric name I've always thought would make a quite pretty name is Etamine (a kind of light woollen gauze).Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.facebook.com/danielmilfordcottamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58710124879606318192015-03-10T10:49:59.244+00:002015-03-10T10:49:59.244+00:00I think the wool version would have had a flat, ma...I think the wool version would have had a flat, matte side and a crinkly, textured side.Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.facebook.com/danielmilfordcottamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32660057808567983372015-03-10T09:40:51.128+00:002015-03-10T09:40:51.128+00:00Not really a fan of the book (though I love the la...Not really a fan of the book (though I love the late Tommy and Tuppence, BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUNBS) but love the sound of the stage adaptation - thanks Moira, if I can I really will try to get to se it - ta!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00819072625907181179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-20236525055020486192015-03-10T04:36:51.337+00:002015-03-10T04:36:51.337+00:00Sounds like a decent night out and something even ...Sounds like a decent night out and something even I might enjoy. When I saw 39 Steps, they had actors playing multiple roles which was quite funny especially when the same guy was having a conversation with his other character.<br />I think I'm missing your point re Jane Finn.....straight over my head!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-18206476202899407582015-03-09T22:24:43.825+00:002015-03-09T22:24:43.825+00:00The play sounds lovely. I like plays where actors ...The play sounds lovely. I like plays where actors play multiple roles. This was the first book I re-read when I started reading Agatha Christie seriously in 2012. Because I remembered liking Tommy and Tuppence. And I still do like the book and the characters. I am having problems with Partners in Crime... just can't get through it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-50263804390828890822015-03-09T20:05:06.722+00:002015-03-09T20:05:06.722+00:00I'll definitely pass it along to my staff at o...I'll definitely pass it along to my staff at our next meeting! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57981935526902736372015-03-09T15:59:15.767+00:002015-03-09T15:59:15.767+00:00I can't imagine wool charmeuse at all - did it...I can't imagine wool charmeuse at all - did it have a shiny finish?<br />I am imagining it as the kind of material that negligees in 30s Hollywood films were made of, quite clingy and flowing nicely - is that right?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-85669006128012431112015-03-09T15:58:15.693+00:002015-03-09T15:58:15.693+00:00Should the brim of the hat be horizontal do you th...Should the brim of the hat be horizontal do you think? I don't suppose the actress wanted to be hidden at all....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41306882517445242562015-03-09T15:57:33.192+00:002015-03-09T15:57:33.192+00:00It's such a nice name. In fact the dress above...It's such a nice name. In fact the dress above couldn't actually be charmeuse, I think, could it - too stiff and structured? But I liked the look of it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54210676862254859882015-03-09T15:56:34.092+00:002015-03-09T15:56:34.092+00:00I agree with you Prashant, these books are always ...I agree with you Prashant, these books are always second best to the Poirots and Marples in my view too, but it did make for a good stage show.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61414639828942027272015-03-09T15:55:46.949+00:002015-03-09T15:55:46.949+00:00Yes, the play was fun in the way the book is fun -...Yes, the play was fun in the way the book is fun - skim across the surface and have a good time. <br />I have decided that you have a network of agents all over the world reporting back to you with tipoffs for crime fiction news (a bit like Mr Brown in the book/play with his operatives anywhere), and I would like to ask for a special bonus for your south of England agent for giving you this news...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32395524272377732762015-03-09T14:08:47.341+00:002015-03-09T14:08:47.341+00:00Charmeuse is one of those fashionable names applie...Charmeuse is one of those fashionable names applied to perfectly ordinary fabrics, in this case what we would call crepe-back satin. The crepe yarn allows the fabric to drape softly, unlike regular satin. Both sides of the fabric are equally attractive and either could be used as the "right" side which also leads to confusion. Dresses often had the reverse of the same fabric used as a contrast of texture. There was an all wool version as well. Ken Nyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838597854722716546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-1323477130905850122015-03-09T12:54:24.473+00:002015-03-09T12:54:24.473+00:00For historical accuracy, Tuppence needs to pull he...For historical accuracy, Tuppence needs to pull her cloche hat down over her nose - but then I suppose we wouldn't see her face!Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-59229154230570062422015-03-09T12:40:14.444+00:002015-03-09T12:40:14.444+00:00Charmeuse is probably better known these days as (...Charmeuse is probably better known these days as (lightweight) satin-backed crepe - it was used a LOT for wedding dresses and lingerie.Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.facebook.com/danielmilfordcottamnoreply@blogger.com