tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post2074982223958354357..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: The Winding Rhode of DeductionPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-15999530864483705632011-11-23T17:02:11.279-05:002011-11-23T17:02:11.279-05:00Street portrays a cat, Belisarius, very favorably ...Street portrays a cat, Belisarius, very favorably in a Miles Burton book, The Cat Jumps. He's the murder witness!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-53723086507493105142011-11-22T20:37:23.370-05:002011-11-22T20:37:23.370-05:00I have read quite a few of Street's Miles Burt...I have read quite a few of Street's Miles Burton books, but haven't yet read any of the John Rhode books. It seems I shall have to remedy this soon. The book sounds good. I like cats myself, but would never think of treating them that way.Monte Herridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-85430271766180066252011-11-22T09:23:47.871-05:002011-11-22T09:23:47.871-05:00Your description of the book, with its semi-imposs...Your description of the book, with its semi-impossible crime and a museum of stuffed cats, makes it sound like a borderline JDC novel. It's been added to the shopping list for next year!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-69301311204197240582011-11-21T21:57:01.310-05:002011-11-21T21:57:01.310-05:00And he lived to tell the tale??? ;)And he lived to tell the tale??? ;)Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-85648989248911604092011-11-21T21:55:34.669-05:002011-11-21T21:55:34.669-05:00Patrick, well, I have been trying to keep a number...Patrick, well, I have been trying to keep a number things under my vest for the book. I also can't wait for it to appear. ;)<br /><br />John, Street's wife was a cat fiend and I think he was indulging in some inside humor with this one, with the museum of stuffed cats, etc. A ghoulish vein occasionally surfaces in Street, which I imagine is one reason he hit it off so much with Carr. They really were great friends, as Doug Greene first discussed in his book. Street was also very good friends with Anthony Gilbert. And he even dared to call Dorothy L. Sayers "my dear."The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-26466270067693625582011-11-21T19:40:09.595-05:002011-11-21T19:40:09.595-05:00There's a more than a little bit of Harry Step...There's a more than a little bit of Harry Stephen Keeler in this book if you <i>truly</i> know your Keeler. The chauffeur having to walk back to get a handbag, the music on the radio, the stuffed cats, the love of the working class... Really it's amazing. And I had no idea Rhode could be so bizarre and revel in black humor. I'm going to dig into my Rhode pile fairly soon hoping I might come across something as offbeat as THE CORPSE IN THE CAR.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-56626453445567365462011-11-21T17:59:58.292-05:002011-11-21T17:59:58.292-05:00What a relief to hear that I'm not completely ...What a relief to hear that I'm not completely off the mark here! I really look forward to reading your book when it comes out, because then I might learn a bit more about Rhode/Street (<-- Hey look, a pun! And who says he didn't have a sense of humour?).<br /><br />I agree the how is far more interesting than the who, and Priestley truly is marvellous.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-49079216502814503272011-11-21T17:06:40.242-05:002011-11-21T17:06:40.242-05:00Not surprisingly, perhaps, this is a book I go int...Not surprisingly, perhaps, this is a book I go into at some length in my own study. We make a lot of the same points!<br /><br />I enjoyed this book a lot for the satire (which explodes the notion that the rich were worshiped in GA detective novels) and the murder method, which is fascinatingly explored. With Rhodes the how most often is more interesting than the who. Also Priestley genuinely deserves the title of Great Detective in this one. He's quite impressive.<br /><br />An engineer himself, Street though he came from a gentry background had great respect for people who could create things, including those who came from the manual working class.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com