tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post279032179678021155..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Kids Are Murder! My Son, the Murderer (1954), by Patrick QuentinThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-28256561259890720452018-12-23T13:57:24.390-08:002018-12-23T13:57:24.390-08:00So I read this a month ago. And then, kinda, just ...So I read this a month ago. And then, kinda, just read it again. I say kinda because I actually read Return to the Scene, by Q. Patrick, from 1940. My Son is a rewrite of Return! My Son is the Return of Return To The Scene. Not a literal rewrite, but the parallels are striking, and I was able to predict the murderer and motive long before the relevant clues appeared. <br />(We have some mathematicians in our little group. I would put it like this, the books share the same category.)Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-59770837589315158042014-06-16T11:59:32.668-07:002014-06-16T11:59:32.668-07:00Yes, it's definitely a change in tone and styl...Yes, it's definitely a change in tone and style. I think after this one Wheeler must have decided it was limiting to have the Duluths at all. He kept Trant in a few more, but Trant, at least in this one, comes off more like an observer of events.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-77967931609655197152014-06-16T11:56:21.862-07:002014-06-16T11:56:21.862-07:00They do have the most complex writing history. Ma...They do have the most complex writing history. Mauro Boncompagni's essay on them in Mysteries Unlocked is called "A Phantasmagoria of Crime Writers." There were the two American involved with Webb in some of the books earlier on too, about whom there is more is Mysteries Unlocked.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-27080539315368485972014-06-16T11:48:25.380-07:002014-06-16T11:48:25.380-07:00I've heard Mrs. Lovett's are interesting!I've heard Mrs. Lovett's are interesting!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-16992284339217404752014-06-16T03:12:42.245-07:002014-06-16T03:12:42.245-07:00I read this under its UK name (I hadn't read y...I read this under its UK name (I hadn't read your top line properly, but slowly realized it was a book I had read, helped by the character names rather a lot!) and didn't remember all that much about it - I must revisit it. I find the Patrick Quentin books very very varied in quality, but presumably that's because they were written by different combinations, I remember being amazed by the Wiki entry last time I ventured into Quentin territory.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-84889084033516456072014-06-16T02:46:27.702-07:002014-06-16T02:46:27.702-07:00I read this eons ago. I'll have to revisit it ...I read this eons ago. I'll have to revisit it based on your review, perhaps while eating a meat pie!Jeffrey Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422459407138331707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-63308833714418001192014-06-16T00:55:26.353-07:002014-06-16T00:55:26.353-07:00I remember, when I first read this, that I was a l...I remember, when I first read this, that I was a little bit disappointed by the comparative de-emphasising of the plot element but even then was able to appreciate the value of the greater investment in characterisation - definitely a book worth rediscovering Curt, thanks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com