Another Peter Wimsey classic. The setting is an advertising firm and even though the mystery of dope and killing was not great but the presentation was beautiful.
Murder Must Advertise is a wry commentary on the inherent ridiculousness of the advertising business, and how people twist themselves into a state for ten words’ worth of ad copy. Dorothy L. Sayers really uses her experience in the business to great effect, articulating how frantic and potentially s...
Dorothy L Sayers' dramatisation with Ian Carmichael.Broadcast on:BBC Radio 7, 1:00am Tuesday 1st June 2010Duration:30 minutesAvailable until:1:32am Tuesday 8th June 2010Categories:Drama, Crime
Wonderful 1930's detective story. From now on will accompany Agatha Christie for my staple detective fix. Very interesting insight into the working of advertisement agency. Somehow as I was reading I kept thinking that surely the story will end soon because I read another clue on the mistery but the...
Fun 'cozy' British mystery - very similar in style to Agatha Christie or M.C. Beaton. Definitely liked the main detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, smart, handsome, funny, member of the peerage, and a darn good cricket player!
Surely the most bitter of her books. I skipped the ending because I was reading it just before bed and didn’t want to be depressed. (I mean the very end, not the denouement of the mystery.) Still, I do enjoy some of the funny bits that come up at the advertising agency. [June 2010]
The most engaging and best part of Of Human Bondage was the episode in which the hero, previously an entitled young man, is forced to go to work with the lower classes to keep from starving. Similarly, Lord Peter Whimsy is at his best not when dealing with his peers, but with the working class. He g...
What is rather curious about this novel is that it's post-Harriet (it comes between Strong Poison and Gaudy Night) but it's the superficial Peter we see, and only in one scene - his interview with the murderer - is there anything close to the impact of a personality. That apart, it's a delightful (...
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