tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post4192922816804347563..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - The Death WishMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-31357625516070467102012-10-26T18:12:17.061+01:002012-10-26T18:12:17.061+01:00Ed, John, many thanks. I will indeed try The Blank...Ed, John, many thanks. I will indeed try The Blank Wall (and I've also got a copy of another of hers, yet to be read.) I am sure you are right both about her historical importance and general merit as a writer.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-47214061182481029462012-10-26T15:58:25.286+01:002012-10-26T15:58:25.286+01:00I guess when I latch onto an aspect of a book that...I guess when I latch onto an aspect of a book that I like I tend to overlook its glaring faults. Now that you mention it there were some annoying parts to Elsie. And the opening scene of the book might be an utter turn off to a modern reader who may shut the book and never proceed further. I still think that ESH's look at a dark side to 1930s American suburbia was way ahead of its time. I also liked the two different amateur detectives in the book. People should give this one a look. J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80186038357279362732012-10-26T03:38:57.118+01:002012-10-26T03:38:57.118+01:00Try The Blank Wall, Martin. Holding at her best. O...Try The Blank Wall, Martin. Holding at her best. Or any of the Holdings that Stark House has reissued. I think a scholar could make the case for her being the creator of the modern psychological novel. Raymond Chandler said she was the best suspense novelist of his era. The claustrophobic sense of dread in her finest novels is amazing. She just never let go. Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.com