tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6891499012988144637..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - No Walls of JasperMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-13100262235415896652015-06-17T10:54:27.514+01:002015-06-17T10:54:27.514+01:00Body in the Beck really is bad! Mainly interesting...Body in the Beck really is bad! Mainly interesting for the snobbery. I'd love to read this one, though.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-27209918838510062982013-06-27T19:42:47.309+01:002013-06-27T19:42:47.309+01:00I've read 'Murder Included' which I wo...I've read 'Murder Included' which I would certainly recommend it. Richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-12189426554011139622013-06-23T18:54:24.861+01:002013-06-23T18:54:24.861+01:00Let me build on Curt's comment. A. P. Herbert&...Let me build on Curt's comment. A. P. Herbert's only venture into crime fiction <i>The House by the River</i> (1921) is continually overlooked when these early inverted detective novels are discussed. Time for me to write about it.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-72123075357621065992013-06-22T02:21:44.026+01:002013-06-22T02:21:44.026+01:00Sounds like a fascinating book. Thanks for the re...Sounds like a fascinating book. Thanks for the review.Keen Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171491573514489497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61192302254755432862013-06-21T21:08:56.410+01:002013-06-21T21:08:56.410+01:00Malice Aforethought is more wickedly humorous, whi...Malice Aforethought is more wickedly humorous, which I think is the kind of thing people like and expect in their Golden Age crime books. <br /><br />Malice made a big splash, no denying it. It also helped posthumously that Symons later gave Cox so much credit. As I recollect James did not mention Berkeley in Talking About Detective Fiction. Surprising, since she obviously read Symons and Symons loved Berkeley, or at least a few of his books he loved.<br /><br />Certainly Jasper should be reprinted.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-59293045409604196712013-06-21T18:18:47.265+01:002013-06-21T18:18:47.265+01:00Curt, I'm much more of a Berkeley/Iles fan tha...Curt, I'm much more of a Berkeley/Iles fan than you, I suspect. He certainly wasn't the onlie begetter, but despite his occasional failures I find him fascinating. I suspect as you say Cannan was, and wanted to be, treated as writing a mainstream book. It lacks perhaps the ingenuity and verve of Malice, but the characterisation and portrayal of a slice of soceity are excellent.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61264443080030571232013-06-21T18:16:22.699+01:002013-06-21T18:16:22.699+01:00Hi John, there are certainly many terrific books i...Hi John, there are certainly many terrific books in that vein. I've just acquired one of the later Cannans, The Body in the Beck, but the early pages are not encouraging.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-78939275294404972013-06-21T18:15:13.843+01:002013-06-21T18:15:13.843+01:00Christine, I'm confident that you'll enjoy...Christine, I'm confident that you'll enjoy it. Less weird than Vantage Striker!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-12484096909188231012013-06-21T13:40:12.201+01:002013-06-21T13:40:12.201+01:00Personally I think it's a better book than Mal...Personally I think it's a better book than Malice Aforethought. But Cox had a better publicity machine behind him! I always mention the book in my work when I can, however.<br /><br />I think perhaps this book was considered simply a mainstream novel, so got less attention as such. Cox and his publisher claimed he was changing the mystery genre.<br /><br />For eighty years there's been a tendency to treat Cox as almost the sole begetter of psychological realism in English crime fiction, which is far from the truth. The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63975745085457858082013-06-21T13:33:12.581+01:002013-06-21T13:33:12.581+01:00Rue Morgue Press reprinted a few of her books, but...Rue Morgue Press reprinted a few of her books, but they tended to choose only detective novels for their entire line and avoided crime novels. Too bad they couldn't have reprinted this one too. Lately I find crime novels that eschew the traditional mystery formula where plot comes first and instead focus on character and the "whydunit" are far more interesting.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-78837970551393881672013-06-21T11:59:19.744+01:002013-06-21T11:59:19.744+01:00It's in the London Library (along with several...It's in the London Library (along with several others, one a reprint by Persephone Press). I will get it out next time I go.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.com