tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post3593820321904158087..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Thirsty Evil: "A Bottle of Perrier" (1926), by Edith WhartonThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-3866070915097071222012-04-26T23:41:58.980-07:002012-04-26T23:41:58.980-07:00Oh, I had a copy of The Last Tenant and was readin...Oh, I had a copy of The Last Tenant and was reading it, but it was incredibly cheap paper and the whole book fell apart me! I thought it was quite good though.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-48129670521858987682012-04-26T23:40:45.843-07:002012-04-26T23:40:45.843-07:00John,
No, I haven't read "Who Wants a G...John, <br /><br />No, I haven't read "Who Wants a Green Bottle?" Like a good number detective fiction fans I do love supernatural tales as well. Something about taking the rationalism of the detective story and turning it on its head. Reading M. R. James, then H. R. Wakefield, made me totally fall in love with the classical supernatural tale. Wakefield also wrote some detective fiction, as I imagine you know!<br /><br />Wharton wrote some really good ones. She must have had some interest in crime too, because she wrote another story with a character obviously based on Lizzie Borden (I think it's disappointing though). But "A Bottle of Perrier" is suspense not detective fiction, really. More on the order of Ruth Rendell's non-Wexford shorts.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-32112109849547093162012-04-26T23:19:29.635-07:002012-04-26T23:19:29.635-07:00And don't forget "Who Wants A Green Bottl...And don't forget "Who Wants A Green Bottle?" by Tod Robbins...or don't you know that one? You can't step into my realm without me waving supernatural shorts in your face. ;^)<br /><br />I never knew Wharton was so disparaging of detective fiction and yet she was a believer in paranormal phenomena. She even claimed to be "haunted by formless horrors" from a very early age. She definitely wrote some chilling ghost stories. "Kerfol" is one of the best tales ever written about spirit animals. Your ol' pal B.L. Farjeon even wrote about a spectral cat in one of his books - THE LAST TENANT.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com