tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post378828656021934724..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Give a Corpse a Bad Name (1940), by Elizabeth FerrarsThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-52111020954387789742013-09-20T19:33:16.140-07:002013-09-20T19:33:16.140-07:00Conan Doyle pretty much hated Holmes from the get-...Conan Doyle pretty much hated Holmes from the get-go.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-12313948683753581332013-09-20T18:40:29.214-07:002013-09-20T18:40:29.214-07:00BVLawson: Indeed, it took Christie like two decade...BVLawson: Indeed, it took Christie like two decades to get to hate Poirot, lol (though around the same time). I think perhaps what some of these authors really hated was the complex clueing that mysteries with such sleuths required. And they took it out on their detectives!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-74317560707437326052013-09-20T09:48:56.174-07:002013-09-20T09:48:56.174-07:00Apparently Ferrars stopping writing Toby Dyke seri...Apparently Ferrars stopping writing Toby Dyke series (even thought it was what launched her successful career) because she "got to hate him so much." It's a bit unusual for authors to get to that point concerning one of their characters so early in a series.BVLawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104434170537269673noreply@blogger.com