tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post7342455582938665497..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Time to Change Hats (1945), by Margot Bennett Part 1The Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-5566230007076154082013-07-28T05:40:02.063-07:002013-07-28T05:40:02.063-07:00Hope to finish today. This is a challenging book ...Hope to finish today. This is a challenging book to write about!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-13089347888485512442013-07-26T13:14:47.078-07:002013-07-26T13:14:47.078-07:00I had the happy experience years and years ago of ...I had the happy experience years and years ago of being behind the counter at a mystery bookstore when someone brought in a handful of Bennett's work in a box of miscellaneous mysteries he wished to trade for other books. I enjoyed reading them all -- at least one of them twice -- and have never seen any copies since. This was in the days before the internet rationalized prices, so I have a feeling that they were a huge bargain when I finally put them out for sale; I remember handselling them to a regular customer who trusted my taste. Slow moving? I rather like that sort of thing when done properly, and I recall that Bennett had the knack. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-69612759844851082102013-07-26T04:59:03.707-07:002013-07-26T04:59:03.707-07:00"Qualcuno dal passato" (Someone from the..."Qualcuno dal passato" (Someone from the Past, 1958), I have got. But, another novel by Margot Bennett was published in Italy, by Garzanti: "L'uomo che non era partito" (The man who didn't fly, 1955): this, I haven't got. <br />"Qualcuno dal passato" I read several years ago: I remember that the plot was about a woman loved and who loved a lot of men. But then there's someone from the past who kills her, etc...Pietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-80207644232226932622013-07-25T23:50:00.374-07:002013-07-25T23:50:00.374-07:00I've been hoping to find some of her books in ...I've been hoping to find some of her books in affordable editions ever since I first read about her in Symons' BLOODY MURDER about 30 years ago and never have - really looking forward to your review of what appears to be a somewhat atypical work from her. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com