tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7551440499215093843..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - Payment DeferredMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-1545230346579050072009-02-25T12:16:00.000+00:002009-02-25T12:16:00.000+00:00Very interesting, Curt. I'll check the citation an...Very interesting, Curt. I'll check the citation and revert to you. I also read one of Bruce's non-crime books, Pro, and much enjoyed it (being a cricket fan.)<BR/>Yes, in the 20s and 30s, as today, there were several different things happening in the genre at the same time. It's impossible sometimes to avoid generalisations - but they need to be treated with caution, that's for sure.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-50121831423070343472009-02-25T11:23:00.000+00:002009-02-25T11:23:00.000+00:00Martin, I enjoyed To Be Hanged, Middle Class Murde...Martin, I enjoyed To Be Hanged, Middle Class Murder and Let Him Have Judgment a great deal. Sean French, I believe, has called Bruce Hamilton a failed novelist, something I think is unfair. I'm sure BH would have been the first to yield to his brother, Patrick Hamilton, but Bruce's genre efforts are by no means to be despised. <BR/><BR/>I'm doing the intro to my manuscript, which deals with the rise and fall of the classical puzzle concept, and was working on the whole inverted novel idea a few weeks back (have been sick for eight days now). I agree with your Forester comments and also found you wrote on this at greater length. Could you give me the proper citation for that, because I certainly want to mention it.<BR/><BR/>I think in this case Symons relied a little too heavily on Haycraft, who, being across the pond as they say (they do say this, don't they?) didn't always catch everything. Haycraft-Symons tend to make Iles sound a little too much of the be-all and end-all in this area. There actually was quite a bit more going on, as you yourself suggest.<BR/><BR/>In retrospect, what's pretty striking is the amount of artistic ferment going on in the thirties. It certainly wasn't all just baronets bludgeoned in their country house libraries (or studies). The pure puzzle concept attenuated pretty quickly.<BR/><BR/>CurtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61892080198457807572009-02-08T10:27:00.000+00:002009-02-08T10:27:00.000+00:00Hope you enjoy it. I think you will.Hope you enjoy it. I think you will.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-32299300908587350872009-02-08T03:46:00.000+00:002009-02-08T03:46:00.000+00:00Luckily, I don't really mind depressing so much, s...Luckily, I don't really mind depressing so much, so long as it's well written.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-28722115933208713212009-02-07T12:49:00.000+00:002009-02-07T12:49:00.000+00:00My 18 year old son has just read Payment Deferred ...My 18 year old son has just read Payment Deferred and was very impressed, although he did find it rather depressing (more so than the Iles book.)<BR/>Curt, I'm a real admirer of Bruce Hamilton. Very interesting writer and man. I will be posting about him in the future, but meanwhile I'd be very interested in your own views on his work.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-50812035685411653722009-02-07T07:37:00.000+00:002009-02-07T07:37:00.000+00:00Glad to see you mention Bruce Hamilton too: his wo...Glad to see you mention Bruce Hamilton too: his work, overshadowed by that of his more famous brother, is underappeciated, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-55808782696230402542009-02-07T06:19:00.000+00:002009-02-07T06:19:00.000+00:00It sounds like just my cup of tea, Martin. That is...It sounds like just my cup of tea, Martin. That is, if it's anything like Malice Aforethought. I love classic British crime.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-75217063385633385482009-02-06T09:11:00.000+00:002009-02-06T09:11:00.000+00:00I'm pretty confident you'll find it interesting, M...I'm pretty confident you'll find it interesting, Maxine. Especially bearing in mind when it was written.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25335533831485072009-02-06T07:44:00.000+00:002009-02-06T07:44:00.000+00:00I remember, now, reading and enjoying this book wh...I remember, now, reading and enjoying this book when very young - I read all the Hornblower books and then the rest of Forseter's output, and enjoyed his crime novels. However, I have completely forgotten the plots, so maybe I'll try to track this one down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com