tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post8411034996426597549..comments2024-03-19T00:17:44.809-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Life Imitates Art: The Body on the Pavement (1941) and Danger at My Heels (1943), by Gordon MeyrickThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-41065208188695527032016-09-20T10:46:54.062-07:002016-09-20T10:46:54.062-07:00Yeah, John, I knew you weren't crazy about Gho...Yeah, John, I knew you weren't crazy about Ghost Hunters, though you see it mentioned in sources sometimes. I have a copy too that I got years ago, and I plan to do a piece on it soon after reading it.<br /><br />I think he's certainly not an original genre writer in terms of the plots and situations, but his crime books that I have read are saved by some lightness and humor. Also the wartime detail in Danger I liked. Certainly derivative in many ways though.<br /><br />Ghost Hunters didn't get picked up for publication until four years after Meyrick's death. Was it just lost or what? I don't know. Another mystery.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-89606477386916764702016-09-20T09:57:14.469-07:002016-09-20T09:57:14.469-07:00I read his occult detective short stories in THE G...I read his occult detective short stories in THE GHOST HUNTER. Most of them contain rationalized supernatural activity which I guess I should have expected since Arnold Perry is a spiritualist debunker. Quite a few are just laughable in how cliche they are. Not at all a good book, IMO. Never been interested in reading his other detective novels. What a coincidentally bizarre death for the poor guy!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com