tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post8838510746099899099..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Odd Ducks: Odd Woman Out (1958), by Sebastian Fox (Gerald Bullett)--and a contestThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-58401157427984760922013-03-28T06:15:56.471-07:002013-03-28T06:15:56.471-07:00Rich, yes, in Odd Woman Out we have our old friend...Rich, yes, in Odd Woman Out we have our old friend, the gas tap, again involved....The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-78223167127303551492013-03-27T23:55:23.611-07:002013-03-27T23:55:23.611-07:00In GREEN FOR DANGER, Christianna Brand refers seve...In GREEN FOR DANGER, Christianna Brand refers several times to the 'fug' of coal gas following the old 'leave the gas tap on then put a shilling in the meter later trick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-3520877482055126812013-03-27T18:03:25.118-07:002013-03-27T18:03:25.118-07:00Street specifically refers to coal gas in Twice De...Street specifically refers to coal gas in Twice Dead. See the review on the first page, by the way.<br /><br />In Street's book, published in 1960, the "old-fashioned fireplace" has been replaced by a "modern smokeless fuel burning grate."<br /><br />Thanks for the info, I always find this sort of thing fascinating, a nice break from the poetical allusions in Michael Innes, for example!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-66404960992591547482013-03-27T17:36:40.535-07:002013-03-27T17:36:40.535-07:00May not be a mistake in the book then- the room wo...May not be a mistake in the book then- the room would be reeking of gas but Emily Turpin's death caused by CO poisonong.<br /> "A smell of gas in the room" would refer to coal gas- gas made from coal, supplied by pipe and used for domestic heating and lighting and cooking in the UK until the late 1960s and which was deliberately given a powerful smell as the CO and other gases in it made it very poisonous. It was the most common method of committing suicide in the UK until it was replaced by natural gas- Sylvia Plath is one example. Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-79299714836095282132013-03-27T16:50:05.023-07:002013-03-27T16:50:05.023-07:00I noted your comment in the text!I noted your comment in the text!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-69719674575240015202013-03-27T16:47:13.337-07:002013-03-27T16:47:13.337-07:00Hi, Roger, I checked the book again and it does re...Hi, Roger, I checked the book again and it does refer to carbon monoxide poisoning and also to "a smell of gas in the room."<br /><br />You know, oddly enough, I just reviewed a John Street book and he had death by carbon monoxide poisoning in a room and he didn't refer to smell. But then Street was a man of science! It's one of the things I find interesting in his books.<br /><br />An experiment is ever performed in the Street book. I should have thought of that when I read the Bullett! <br /><br />However, the exact cause of death in the Bullett book is more complicated than it seems at first.<br />The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-54575539908811544972013-03-27T15:43:38.468-07:002013-03-27T15:43:38.468-07:00"Not long before Christmas, Emily is found de..."Not long before Christmas, Emily is found dead in her bedroom, which is reeking of carbon monoxide."<br />CO is odourless- is it you or Bullet who makes this mistake- or is it a deliberate error?Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com