tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post2570488872541084525..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Harry KeatingMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-57928457369296187782013-06-30T23:31:03.864+01:002013-06-30T23:31:03.864+01:00Thanks Tracy, I think you'll find his work qui...Thanks Tracy, I think you'll find his work quirky but very worthwhile.<br />Doug, it must have been a truly memorable occasion. Wish I'd been there.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25728064896270673622013-06-23T17:53:01.106+01:002013-06-23T17:53:01.106+01:00Harry was a dear friend. Some 7 or 8 years ago, S...Harry was a dear friend. Some 7 or 8 years ago, Sheila asked us (Crippen & Landru) to publish a collection of stories in recognition of Harry's 80th birthday. Even though the Detection Club had published a book a year or 2 earlier ("The Detection Collection") Simon Brett agreed that it should sponsor this one as well. Peter Lovesey edited it. The title is "The Verdict of Us All." In order to present Harry with copies at a Detection Club gathering, Sheila and Simon and I pulled a scam. I came over to London and stayed with Sheila and Harry -- we told the latter that I was scouting out places to take university students, and that I was to give a talk to the Detection Club about its history. I gave said talk (on Guy Fawkes' Day), and gracefully transitioned into praise for Harry and presentation to him of the first copy. He was gobsmacked. That evening, he gave me a copy of his latest book, and inscribed it with a note that I had set off a bomb underneath him equivalent to Fawkes' plans.Doug Greenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-20183021789466492972013-06-23T13:50:40.759+01:002013-06-23T13:50:40.759+01:00I have just purchased (in May) a used copy of Whod...I have just purchased (in May) a used copy of Whodunit edited by Keating. And have read through his introduction and several of the articles. I have The Hundred Best Books also. But I don't think I have read any of his fiction; I will have to remedy that. Thanks for this reminder and the article on Keating.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.com