tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post8850950963992471908..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Have His CarcaseMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-43706582808550143152008-01-12T10:53:00.000+00:002008-01-12T10:53:00.000+00:00Thanks, Jilly.You're right, DLS is one of the few ...Thanks, Jilly.<BR/>You're right, DLS is one of the few detective story writers to retain widespread public appeal long after (70 years after!)she finished writing whodunits.<BR/>I've now seen the second episode of 'Have His Carcase' and found it just as good as the first.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-75387222348280093972008-01-12T10:05:00.000+00:002008-01-12T10:05:00.000+00:00Like you I love 'Have His Carcase' and think it on...Like you I love 'Have His Carcase' and think it one of her finest. Edward Petherbridge was the actor who fitted my idea of Wimsey, though Ian Carmichael is excellent in the radio adaptations. The fact that all Sayers's Wimseybooks and short stories are still in print shows people's fondness for her even today. <BR/>By the way I have posted a review of 'The Coffin Trail' on my blog - I enjoyed it and loved the twist at the end.Jillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104126307586066155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33646630196978183232008-01-11T23:03:00.000+00:002008-01-11T23:03:00.000+00:00Juliet, I confess I've never listened to Radio 7, ...Juliet, I confess I've never listened to Radio 7, but from a quick glance the schedule looks interesting.<BR/>Xavier, although I'm a Symons fan, I do think his judgment on DLS was far too harsh.<BR/>Liesbeth, yes, I've read Thrones, Dominations and will post about it before long. Very good. I'm afraid I agree that Five Red Herrings is rather dull.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-91487849974423922812008-01-11T13:16:00.000+00:002008-01-11T13:16:00.000+00:00She was one of the first dectective authors I read...She was one of the first dectective authors I read. About the same age as you, though I read them in dutch.<BR/><BR/>Years later I found out that they were very badly translated, pieces had been left out, a weird kind of censorship had happened (for example a sentence in Murder must advertise runs something like: "...dancing with little else then a tophat and boots on..."and that was translated as "a scarsely clad dancing person..")<BR/><BR/>So I got them all in english (by then I could at last read books in english) and it was like reading new books! I only find Five Red Herrings very tedious.<BR/><BR/>Did you read Thrones, dominations as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76169441921790565942008-01-11T12:17:00.000+00:002008-01-11T12:17:00.000+00:00As for Sayers, she had faults as a writer, and cri...<I>As for Sayers, she had faults as a writer, and critics such as Julian Symons, Raymond Chandler, Q.D. Leavis, Edmund Wilson are amongst those who have pointed them out.</I><BR/><BR/>Symons's "arguments" against Sayers have always seemed to me basically amounting to "I can't stand that lady and the kind of books she wrote". Same goes for Chandler. As to Wilson... well, just compare his current sales with Sayers's and you'll see who won the argument. :-)Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-30343780587466934022008-01-11T11:01:00.000+00:002008-01-11T11:01:00.000+00:00There were also some very fine radio dramatisation...There were also some very fine radio dramatisations of the Lord Peter Wimsey books in the 70s or 80s, featuring Ian Carmichael as LPW, which are currently being re-run on BBC digital Radio 7 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/programmes/#u on Mondays and Fridays. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (also starring Iain Cuthbertson and Martin Jarvis) ends this week and I'm hoping it will be replaced by another in the series. The Nine Tailors from the same stable was aired again on Radio 4 over Christmas (unfortunately I caught only part of it).Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.com