tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post8439445524426694844..comments2024-03-28T09:18:52.374+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The Rainbird Pattern by Victor CanningClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61544710685608195982016-08-02T15:13:08.577+01:002016-08-02T15:13:08.577+01:00Thank you I am making notes!Thank you I am making notes!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-86326130101055229692016-08-01T17:02:09.933+01:002016-08-01T17:02:09.933+01:00If you can find it Birdcage. Almost as good as The...If you can find it Birdcage. Almost as good as The Rainbird Pattern. Firecrest. The Finger of Saturn.<br /><br />Happy reading!<br /><br />John<br />JJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174515867598945986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-355941123030948182016-07-24T11:13:50.172+01:002016-07-24T11:13:50.172+01:00Thank you - I loved your page about this book, whi...Thank you - I loved your page about this book, which is linked above - so thorough and fascinating. I'm just wondering which of his books to read next - but it'll have a hard job being better than Rainbird. <br />And will look out for the bedjackets. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90180105969951847182016-07-23T15:55:44.090+01:002016-07-23T15:55:44.090+01:00Delighted to see The Rainbird Pettern so well appr...Delighted to see The Rainbird Pettern so well appreciated. I have linked this page to my own page about the book, http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/canning/rainbird.html.<br /><br />And on bedjackets, as well as two citations in this book, they are mentioned in several other Victor Canning books:<br />In The Whip Hand<br />...She looked nice sitting up in bed, her dark hair tied back at the nape of her neck with a ribbon, a little bed jacket demurely buttoned close up to her neck....<br /><br />IN The Mask of Memory (as already noted) <br />Propped against her pillows, wearing a silk quilted bed jacket, Margaret was writing in her diary. <br /><br />and in Birdcage (another excellent book)<br />Farley, in his pyjamas and dressing gown, gave the partly open door of the bedroom a bunt with his backside and went in carrying the breakfast tray. Sarah was sitting up in bed, a short silk bedjacket slipped over her shoulders.<br /><br />That's five hits in five million words.<br /><br />John Higgins<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />JJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174515867598945986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-51971013557498750942016-05-22T12:52:26.995+01:002016-05-22T12:52:26.995+01:00Oh thank you, that's a cracking addition to my...Oh thank you, that's a cracking addition to my investigation into this garment - who'd have though it, eh? Yes, what a part it must have played in preventing illness. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52119797095138993912016-05-22T01:41:55.193+01:002016-05-22T01:41:55.193+01:001 bed jacket was one of the required items on the ...1 bed jacket was one of the required items on the uniform list at my boarding school in the 1970s. Every term this pale blue nylon piece of fluff was squished into my truck, scrutinised and checked off by matron, hidden in the back of the drawer and and taken home again for the hols. It had white ribbons and lace - I think my mother used it in hospital when we were born. Oh, for a picture of it now. Thankfully I was never ill at school, perhaps due to the threat of wearing this thing as an invalid in the San(atorium)?!positiveenergyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141234522059973623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82731387984602217992016-05-22T00:26:26.269+01:002016-05-22T00:26:26.269+01:00You're welcome.
DanielYou're welcome.<br /><br />DanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83351176583701037792016-05-21T22:10:28.286+01:002016-05-21T22:10:28.286+01:00I suspected as much - thanks for the warning...I suspected as much - thanks for the warning...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-21286941347961645042016-05-21T00:38:11.570+01:002016-05-21T00:38:11.570+01:00Thanks for this excellent review of a splendid boo...Thanks for this excellent review of a splendid book, one of Canning's best. Family Plot, alas, is nowhere near as good.<br /><br />DanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3607684113902552432016-05-20T20:55:15.300+01:002016-05-20T20:55:15.300+01:00Sorry Chrissie! But it really is super, and took m...Sorry Chrissie! But it really is super, and took me no time to read. Have a good time at Crimefest... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-7953304309537928492016-05-20T16:32:16.677+01:002016-05-20T16:32:16.677+01:00Oh Lord, I am going to have to read THIS too! You ...Oh Lord, I am going to have to read THIS too! You are such a bad influence, Moira! my book-buying habit is getting out of hand again. And it is not helped by being at Crimefest where they are handing out free books: too tempting.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75385967218795561762016-05-20T11:33:49.591+01:002016-05-20T11:33:49.591+01:00Go on, bump it up to the top! You just have to rea...Go on, bump it up to the top! You just have to read one, whereas Deighton and Fleming will involve you in long series-es.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30879329710475641152016-05-20T11:33:18.510+01:002016-05-20T11:33:18.510+01:00Oh great, really looking forward to hearing your t...Oh great, really looking forward to hearing your take on it. I think you will like it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30117211349717734272016-05-20T10:42:17.902+01:002016-05-20T10:42:17.902+01:00I'll have to dig this one out of whichever tub...I'll have to dig this one out of whichever tub its languishing sometime soon, or do I go for it after Deighton and Fleming!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-36221146908915308722016-05-20T03:05:40.473+01:002016-05-20T03:05:40.473+01:00I had to skim some of this, Rainbird Pattern is th...I had to skim some of this, Rainbird Pattern is the next Canning book I will read. Now I look forward to reading it even more.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49795469118627292842016-05-19T21:39:36.530+01:002016-05-19T21:39:36.530+01:00Recommending the book whole-heartedly. And am so i...Recommending the book whole-heartedly. And am so intrigued by the film, as I say on previous comment, I have only the vaguest memories.. but do think the tone was changed completely. I'm not surprised Canning was annoyed: his book is very subtle, don't think the film was?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-69816382017121328782016-05-19T19:45:29.451+01:002016-05-19T19:45:29.451+01:00I really do want to read this now. I saw the Hitch...I really do want to read this now. I saw the Hitchcock adaption ages ago, and pretty much all of the details are fuzzy in my memory. As I recall the movie is played as much more of a black comedy. Canning disliked Hitchcock's version intensely, and there doesn't seem to have been much love lost between the two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-5401447665284585242016-05-19T13:30:23.197+01:002016-05-19T13:30:23.197+01:00I was surprised by that - I saw Family Plot so lon...I was surprised by that - I saw Family Plot so long ago that it's not surprising no bells rang, but I am definitely going to have to watch it again now...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90005973630689404002016-05-19T13:29:49.688+01:002016-05-19T13:29:49.688+01:00This book really has everything Margot - I can rec...This book really has everything Margot - I can recommend it unreservedly, I think you will like it...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74391979508374220262016-05-19T12:58:19.169+01:002016-05-19T12:58:19.169+01:00Always been keen to read this one after seeing the...Always been keen to read this one after seeing the Hitchcock adaptation, FAMILY PLOT - glad it stands up so well - will definitely get it! Thanks Moira. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75620307246034204622016-05-19T12:30:29.019+01:002016-05-19T12:30:29.019+01:00Oh, this does sound fantastic, Moira! And it does ...Oh, this does sound fantastic, Moira! And it does take skill to bring off multiple plot strands like that. Those past/present connections intrigue me, too. Yes, this is definitely one that interests me. A lot. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com