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curmudgeon
May 10, 2013, 11:11:59 PM5/10/13
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Just started A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint.
An Inspector Singh murder mystery.
Set in modern day Singapore and Malaysia.
The good Inspector is a party, sweating, disheveled, wheezing, methodical,
thorn in the side to the powers that be.
It is part of the (new to me) Foreign Felony and Mayhem genre!
The books in this series may have been translated into English or not.
But they do feature an intricately observed, richly atmospheric setting in a
part of the world that is neither the USA or Britain.
"When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know, follow it to the
point of knowing"
*Uncheedah*
An Inspector Singh murder mystery.
Set in modern day Singapore and Malaysia.
The good Inspector is a party, sweating, disheveled, wheezing, methodical,
thorn in the side to the powers that be.
It is part of the (new to me) Foreign Felony and Mayhem genre!
The books in this series may have been translated into English or not.
But they do feature an intricately observed, richly atmospheric setting in a
part of the world that is neither the USA or Britain.
"When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know, follow it to the
point of knowing"
*Uncheedah*
Transition Zone
May 11, 2013, 10:34:07 AM5/11/13
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On May 10, 11:11 pm, "curmudgeon" <rumors&gos...@bresnan.net>
wrote:
novel by Charles Dickens. A Wikipedia review claims that it portrays
"the United States [in 1842] satirically as a near wilderness with
pockets of civilization filled with deceptive and self-promoting
hucksters".
wrote:
>Just started A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint.
> An Inspector Singh murder mystery.
> Set in modern day Singapore and Malaysia.
> The good Inspector is a party, sweating, disheveled, wheezing, methodical,
> thorn in the side to the powers that be.
>
> It is part of the (new to me) Foreign Felony and Mayhem genre!
> The books in this series may have been translated into English or not.
>But they do feature an intricately observed, richly atmospheric
setting in a
> part of the world that is neither the USA or Britain.
Yes, as opposed to me (sigh). I'm starting "Martin Chuzzlewit", a
> An Inspector Singh murder mystery.
> Set in modern day Singapore and Malaysia.
> The good Inspector is a party, sweating, disheveled, wheezing, methodical,
> thorn in the side to the powers that be.
>
> It is part of the (new to me) Foreign Felony and Mayhem genre!
> The books in this series may have been translated into English or not.
>But they do feature an intricately observed, richly atmospheric
setting in a
> part of the world that is neither the USA or Britain.
novel by Charles Dickens. A Wikipedia review claims that it portrays
"the United States [in 1842] satirically as a near wilderness with
pockets of civilization filled with deceptive and self-promoting
hucksters".
John Briggs
May 11, 2013, 12:21:38 PM5/11/13
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May 11, 2013, 3:20:09 PM5/11/13
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I just finished Philip Kerr's latest Bernie Gunther novel, A Man Without Breath. This is a rather dark offering by Kerr (all of them are but this one IMHO is darker).
Bernie goes to 1943 Smolensk to investigate several thousand Polish bodies which have been buried in the nearby Katyn Forest. There's irony, of course, as Bernie is sent there to investigate possible war crimes by the Soviets. Bernie is his usual insubordinate and wisecracking self as he digs deeper and deeper into the killings in the woods as well as killings which occur while he is investigating the war crimes. His job is to clear up the mysteries, which he does, not unscathed.
I enjoyed "Prague Fatale" a bit more but both books are very well written. Kerr is excellent. Bernie is ... fine. This is his 9th Gunther novel. I hope there are more.
Now reading, just started, The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin, as recommended by a RAMMER. I should keep track of who has such great taste!! It starts well -- and thank goodness seems much less DARK than "A Man..."
Happy Mother's Day to all you ... MOTHERS!
de
Bernie goes to 1943 Smolensk to investigate several thousand Polish bodies which have been buried in the nearby Katyn Forest. There's irony, of course, as Bernie is sent there to investigate possible war crimes by the Soviets. Bernie is his usual insubordinate and wisecracking self as he digs deeper and deeper into the killings in the woods as well as killings which occur while he is investigating the war crimes. His job is to clear up the mysteries, which he does, not unscathed.
I enjoyed "Prague Fatale" a bit more but both books are very well written. Kerr is excellent. Bernie is ... fine. This is his 9th Gunther novel. I hope there are more.
Now reading, just started, The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin, as recommended by a RAMMER. I should keep track of who has such great taste!! It starts well -- and thank goodness seems much less DARK than "A Man..."
Happy Mother's Day to all you ... MOTHERS!
de
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Transition Zone
May 12, 2013, 10:30:57 AM5/12/13
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I considered reading "Siddhartha" by Hesse or "The Trial" by Kafka
from over there in the long-ago more "civilized" world and I can't
force myself to finish "The Three Musketeers" but ... oh !!
(where to begin)
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