tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7205541301334824558..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - Bull's EyeMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-72278183366078610742011-03-21T05:56:11.494+00:002011-03-21T05:56:11.494+00:00Martin, it's a shoddy bungalow real estate dev...Martin, it's a shoddy bungalow real estate development populated by one of the most depressing and seedy group of losers in detective fiction (there's a map too-MK loved his maps!). Cozy, my Aunt Fanny!<br /><br />I think MK should have stuck with Bull (and a certain Y) as a regular sleuth--he might be better remembered today.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-50007852735896086882011-03-20T16:28:26.476+00:002011-03-20T16:28:26.476+00:00I am not much of a mystery reader because most of ...I am not much of a mystery reader because most of them are what I feel to be paint by number. Good writers are rarely good puzzle makers. I loved this book. He may not write to the traditional formula - but my thoughts that many mystery novels are as boring as a bodice ripper - is because of the very fact that I think formula writing is lazy. Formulas are guides - maps ....not figure skating. <br />I thought he was very funny - and would read more of his work if I could find it. have a great day - love your old book reviews beings I haunt used book stores frequently.HowLynnTimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888091432152130146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63546035179799863722011-03-19T13:09:08.872+00:002011-03-19T13:09:08.872+00:00Curt, what is the setting of the follow up?Curt, what is the setting of the follow up?Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-81595309589491908372011-03-19T13:08:48.556+00:002011-03-19T13:08:48.556+00:00Richard, me too. Or maybe I'd carelessly get p...Richard, me too. Or maybe I'd carelessly get poisoned by mistake!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-89068025232714419402011-03-19T13:08:08.455+00:002011-03-19T13:08:08.455+00:00BV, I think he tried to do what Berkeley was doing...BV, I think he tried to do what Berkeley was doing, but devoted less time and skill to it. Being innovative is tricky, and Kennedy did some interesting things, but with pretty mixed results, I think.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-26918695959750477962011-03-19T13:07:02.415+00:002011-03-19T13:07:02.415+00:00Elizabeth, a great idea - hope someone organises t...Elizabeth, a great idea - hope someone organises that!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-28830757703998262202011-03-19T00:03:20.354+00:002011-03-19T00:03:20.354+00:00I liked the second the better of the two Bulls, pa...I liked the second the better of the two Bulls, partly because of the setting. I agree this one was kind of meandering. But the sleuth conception was a good one, I thought.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-81742294070460325952011-03-18T17:03:44.383+00:002011-03-18T17:03:44.383+00:00Why don't people have those great house partie...Why don't people have those great house parties anymore? Or if they don, why don't they invite me? I'd be one of the characters who hang in the background, innocently enjoying the hospitality while other people participated in the strum und drang and got poisoned or whatever. Hey, I'm just here for the food and entertainment. This looks like fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61491594197900002812011-03-18T14:36:27.777+00:002011-03-18T14:36:27.777+00:00In the past, you've noted some failings in Ken...In the past, you've noted some failings in Kennedy's work as a whole. Since Kennedy once wrote "For my part I believe that if the detective-novel becomes too stereotyped, if its 'rules' are applied too rigidly, the genre may be destroyed," do you think perhaps Kennedy would have been better served using more of those rules?BV Lawsonhttp://inreferencetomurder.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-40073755235076311062011-03-18T13:16:22.687+00:002011-03-18T13:16:22.687+00:00Sir George sounds like an interesting character. ...Sir George sounds like an interesting character. I've never heard of Bull's Eye (which I guess isn't surprising!), but it sounds like a book I'd enjoy--I love Golden Age books, country house mysteries, etc. I might skim the parts where there is meandering. :) <br /><br />I'm hoping that someone will eventually put a collection of these books on Kindle at some point. I think they'd do well there...Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com