tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post4253680431937072834..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - The Ha-Ha CaseMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-54951987199481389452013-02-04T23:45:30.943+00:002013-02-04T23:45:30.943+00:00I didn't think, what's a ha-ha, but I was ...I didn't think, what's a ha-ha, but I was 100% wrong in thinking it referred to the Nazi radio broadcaster(s).<br />Mike Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01025916794267649176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-88243170460732408742013-01-28T04:41:54.411+00:002013-01-28T04:41:54.411+00:00Martin, yeah, every American reading your blog was...Martin, yeah, every American reading your blog was going, hey, what's a ha-ha! I can understand why Connington's American publishers changed the title (though to a really dull one), but personally I find enigmatic titles like this and the famous "Vegetable Duck" rather intriguing.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-38556876822485646842013-01-25T23:36:59.200+00:002013-01-25T23:36:59.200+00:00Todd, a ha-ha is a sort of walled ditch designed t...Todd, a ha-ha is a sort of walled ditch designed to keep livestock from wandering into the garden of a country house. <br />Curt, the Ardlamont case sounds quite interesting, and again I wonder about the real life tutor's personality.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-3574273825364702032013-01-25T15:14:02.318+00:002013-01-25T15:14:02.318+00:00Yeah, can't get much duller for a title than &...Yeah, can't get much duller for a title than "The Brandon Case."<br /><br />Connington took a famous real life murder case and adapted it into this book, altering outcomes significantly. This was one of the books he discussed with Rupert Gould. I talk about it at some length in Masters of the Humdrum Mystery.<br /><br />Dorothy L. Sayers highly praised it. The original English edition had a brilliant map illustration on the jacket.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-23100556938461626942013-01-25T13:23:16.266+00:002013-01-25T13:23:16.266+00:00OK...what is a Ha-Ha in Britain?OK...what is a Ha-Ha in Britain?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com