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Cimorene ([personal profile] cimorene) wrote2019-02-08 03:53 pm
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little that’s reasonable

“Ah, but there’s little that’s reasonable in this fantastic and ironical world, Sergeant,” remarked Vance.


-SS Van Dine, The Scarab Murder Case
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[personal profile] mrkinch 2019-02-09 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Scarab is the one we owned, I think, but if I pick it up again I'll try not to expect too much. Slight is fine, sometimes.
cimorene: cartoony drawing of a woman's head in profile giving dubious side-eye (joy)

[personal profile] cimorene 2019-02-09 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Depending what you're looking for, Greene and Canary are fairly classic mysteries, Bishop has a cool premise and setup that gets lost in the middle/end (in my view that is)...

... and Dragon is HILARIOUSLY silly crack. Maybe the most memorable concept I've encountered in the Golden Age genre and I almost want to see it filmed just for some of the window dressing. I've spent a fair amount of time racking my brain for other detective fiction related to/inspired by/inspiring it, but I haven't even really come up with anything yet.
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