tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post8006368665070858696..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - Jack on the Gallows TreeMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-51126084058591563372022-04-07T18:32:01.273+01:002022-04-07T18:32:01.273+01:00Dean, Jonathan, Michael, Jamie, thanks very much. ...Dean, Jonathan, Michael, Jamie, thanks very much. I'm definitely keen to read more of the Deene books fairly soon - having spent many years, if not avoiding them, then certainly not being that bovvered about them:) The combination of wit and ingenuity in Jack on the Gallows Tree is genuinely impressiveMartin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-19284410522218000162022-04-05T23:23:05.284+01:002022-04-05T23:23:05.284+01:00Reading Leo Bruce’s Dead Man’s Shoes right now. Th...Reading Leo Bruce’s Dead Man’s Shoes right now. The 1950s and early 1960s Deene books are very good, the quality deteriorates after the publisher changed to W.H. AllenJamie Sturgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943149435161728287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-1913183838476992462022-04-03T21:37:04.088+01:002022-04-03T21:37:04.088+01:00Martin,
Not sure if my comment went through, the...Martin, <br /><br />Not sure if my comment went through, there was a glitch; so re-posting:<br /><br />Many years ago, I read “Death of a Bovver Boy”.<br /><br />I remember that on the whole I enjoyed it. It’s possible that there was some comedy to the story that I missed. What impressed me most was the motive; it was very disturbing but, as has since become clear, horribly plausible.<br /><br />I’ve always wanted to read some more of the Deene stories, so might give this one a try.<br />Michael Lydonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-55270527667640019732022-04-03T13:16:54.443+01:002022-04-03T13:16:54.443+01:00On the other hand, I also read this a long time ag...On the other hand, I also read this a long time ago and didn't particularly like or dislike it, though I can't remember enough about it to say why - perhaps I should try another of the Deene titles.<br /><br /><br />Jonathan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653613829349599589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-6199187872291572012022-04-01T19:47:07.588+01:002022-04-01T19:47:07.588+01:00I remember this one fondly, though it has been at ...I remember this one fondly, though it has been at least 30 years since I read it.Dean Jamesnoreply@blogger.com