tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post2401726403091841426..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: A Sticky Wicket in Scotland: Double, Double, Oil and Trouble (1978), by Emma LathenThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-30219659938733825952014-09-30T00:59:45.869-07:002014-09-30T00:59:45.869-07:00"The planning that goes into all this."
..."The planning that goes into all this."<br /><br />Indeed! And I'm ready with another blog post if Wales (my ancestral homeland) tries anything too.<br /><br />Yes, I wondered about that gap and the odd coincidence of names!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-88644832598424327062014-09-22T10:37:18.983-07:002014-09-22T10:37:18.983-07:00I was about to say I can think of a reason why the...I was about to say I can think of a reason why they didn't do novels featuring a hero called Thatcher after 1982, but as they came back six years later rather than eight you've scuppered my theory!<br /><br />Incidentally, i noticed this review turning up the day of the scottish referendum. The planning that goes into all this. grimwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150168436753680867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-2343071334187958712014-09-20T18:17:24.033-07:002014-09-20T18:17:24.033-07:00Noah, added the name R. B. Dominic,Noah, added the name R. B. Dominic,The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-30202412282360313772014-09-19T11:04:38.011-07:002014-09-19T11:04:38.011-07:00It's not just The Passing Tramp, Sergio--see B...It's not just The Passing Tramp, Sergio--see Barzun and Taylor and HRF Keating, for example! Even Symons calls them "outstandingly skillful" as entertainers.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-291288550100820672014-09-19T11:02:37.257-07:002014-09-19T11:02:37.257-07:00It's a shame these haven't been reprinted ...It's a shame these haven't been reprinted yet and made available as eBooks as well. I'd try to read them all now, but they don't fit in with my own current priorities.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-59402016849712725052014-09-19T11:00:29.752-07:002014-09-19T11:00:29.752-07:00Thanks Noah, I look forward over time to reading ...Thanks Noah, I look forward over time to reading all her books!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-58670943567975911372014-09-19T10:48:33.534-07:002014-09-19T10:48:33.534-07:00I have read a handful of these and enjoyed them, b...I have read a handful of these and enjoyed them, but really ought to try another. I used to "save" books as you do, but as I approach 70 have decided to read them now. I'd hate to leave any of them unread.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-16606355854938941012014-09-19T10:31:00.704-07:002014-09-19T10:31:00.704-07:00I still have some, Tracy. It's always nice to...I still have some, Tracy. It's always nice to know you have some very good older mysteries left to read!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-39772362244417669222014-09-19T10:29:36.793-07:002014-09-19T10:29:36.793-07:00Isn't Google handy though!Isn't Google handy though! The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-12826620999362291122014-09-19T10:04:27.260-07:002014-09-19T10:04:27.260-07:00Once again you have picked one of my favorite auth...Once again you have picked one of my favorite authors (or author duo). I love John Putnam Thatcher and have read all the books. (OK maybe not the last two, but I do have copies of those also. Have you read those?) <br /><br />I have read 3 of the R. B. Dominic series also. Need to finish that series out.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-62298461380598104612014-09-19T09:46:10.474-07:002014-09-19T09:46:10.474-07:00They also managed to write two of the better sport...They also managed to write two of the better sports mysteries of the 1980s, one about an ice hockey team and one about the winter Olympics. Of course I can't tell you the titles with my memory these days. [...pause for Googling...] MURDER WITHOUT ICING and GOING FOR THE GOLD. There you are.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-48807708605111400682014-09-19T01:39:52.995-07:002014-09-19T01:39:52.995-07:00Thanks Curtis - have never read one of their books...Thanks Curtis - have never read one of their books and you certainly make great claims for them here so shall certainly delve in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-90262008672993341062014-09-18T15:35:16.785-07:002014-09-18T15:35:16.785-07:00A great look at a great line of books; thanks as a...A great look at a great line of books; thanks as always! I have enjoyed these books over the years, some more than others but all at least of average-plus quality, and that's rare for a series of this length. If you would have liked to see "Death is Occupied" then I think you will very much enjoy "Death Will Overcome", in which the first "Negro" takes his seat in the NYSE and JPT must deal with a sit-in and a kind of protest hootenanny in the entryway of his bank. He is magnificent. <br /><br />I felt I had to add, because I recommend their second series equally to JPT (and I know that not everyone does), that Latsis and Henissart's pen name for their other series, about Congressman Ben Sather, was R. B. Dominic. Their humour in these books is not enough to overwhelm the plots but enough to keep a smile on your face as you read, which I think is a good thing. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com