tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post4408252813969188738..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Just Ask a Policeman: Six Against the Yard (1936), by Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell ThorndikeThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-58918831437496655672014-02-26T03:47:29.968-08:002014-02-26T03:47:29.968-08:00Thanks, Kelly, I do like to quote from the authors...Thanks, Kelly, I do like to quote from the authors' writings when I can. I do seem to be talking about Allingham a lot lately. Maybe it was reviewing Julia Jones' book about her father that got me started again. Expect to see some more this year here!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-20774064481640680122014-02-24T14:30:07.709-08:002014-02-24T14:30:07.709-08:00Neat review, and you managed to convey each author...Neat review, and you managed to convey each author's distinct style well. The more I read about Allingham, the more I'm interested in her.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-67717347076890324772014-02-21T15:58:12.039-08:002014-02-21T15:58:12.039-08:00Really enjoyed this review a great deal - thanks C...Really enjoyed this review a great deal - thanks Curt, when it was reissued the addition of the Christie essay really did hog the limelight but the book itself sounds much, much better than I thought - thanks chum, will definitely be getting a copy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-12853676927667166092014-02-21T00:09:30.881-08:002014-02-21T00:09:30.881-08:00You know, Noah, I was thinking how funny it was ha...You know, Noah, I was thinking how funny it was having Berkeley come with Connecticut as the locale of the tough guy character, how Berkeley obviously chose Connecticut as opposed to say, Chicago, but then I was thinking today, oh, God, Newtown! A tragedy like that can really change a perception.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-26107224680707369322014-02-21T00:04:59.106-08:002014-02-21T00:04:59.106-08:00I have reviewed Double Death here, should have lin...I have reviewed Double Death here, should have linked that. Neither this nor Six Against the Yard were actually Detection Club projects, however.<br /><br />Crofts was the "Humdrum" involved with Double Death. I have the story behind this in an appendix to Masters of the Humdrum Mystery. John Street (he actually went by John, not Cecil) edited a Detection Club short works collection, Detection Medley (more on that in Masters as well).The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-69199348281937806422014-02-21T00:00:33.419-08:002014-02-21T00:00:33.419-08:00Noah, the Berkeley story is very funny. I don'...Noah, the Berkeley story is very funny. I don't recall seeing any of these stories elsewhere, except Dorothy Sayers in a collection of her stories, still in print, and Crofts in an out-of-print collection of his stories.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-30445973219182763132014-02-20T23:55:47.117-08:002014-02-20T23:55:47.117-08:00Maybe Knox didn't know the solution! Must adm...Maybe Knox didn't know the solution! Must admit the word association game he used seemed rather old hat too. The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-61690218107993892412014-02-20T09:00:28.843-08:002014-02-20T09:00:28.843-08:00I have this title in paperback and it is very affo...I have this title in paperback and it is very affordable. Of all the 10 books published as a result of Detection Clubs' projects before 1960, Double Death( I think Cecil Street aka John Rhode had an important part in this particular project) is the most elusive title and the only title that I have not owned yet. I think the 2 titles that I enjoyed most are Anatomy of Murder and More Anatomy of Murder. Collection of true crime stories being retold by some of the Detection Club members.xreckqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609380601760691597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-36119293894381923632014-02-20T06:41:20.616-08:002014-02-20T06:41:20.616-08:00I knew of this book's existence but have never...I knew of this book's existence but have never seen a copy; good to know that it's back in print! There are a couple of stories here that don't seem to be available in any other publication so this will appeal to completists, certainly. I've never managed to read the Berkeley story, for instance, and now I think I'll finally be able to. Thanks for letting us know!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-52545500625099610842014-02-20T04:54:50.645-08:002014-02-20T04:54:50.645-08:00Interesting review! It's definitely as good, i...Interesting review! It's definitely as good, if not better, a premise as a round robin novel or swapping detectives. Maybe Knox's story was playing with the genre and Cornish by showing how one plotted the crime with the other trying to solve it, but leaving open the question if the detective was correct or not. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com