Guy Cullingford (1907–2000)
Forfatter af Post Mortem
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Disambiguation Notice:
(ger) Guy Cullingford is the Pseudonym of Constance Lindsay (Dowdy) Taylor
Værker af Guy Cullingford
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Almen Viden
- Andre navne
- Taylor, Constance Lindsay (Dowdy)
- Fødselsdato
- 1907-01-10
- Dødsdag
- 2000
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Dovercourt, Essex, England, UK
- Organisationer
- Detection Club
Crime Writers Association
Writers Guild of Great Britain - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Guy Cullingford is the Pseudonym of Constance Lindsay (Dowdy) Taylor
Medlemmer
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A sociological study of young British men, post-war, thinly disguised as a murder mystery. School-leavers with assorted problems stemming from bad parenting and original sin are the whipping boys of the title. Misguided do-gooder ("There's no such thing as a bad boy") has his clubhouse trashed; the solution is clearly Operation Bootstrap. Main character benefits from National Service, marriage, and fatherhood. Cullingford's characterisation is sharp and her views are anything but clichéd; just not much of a mystery story.… (mere)
Loyalty in many guises manifests itself in this mystery story, which the author has given a provincial Edwardian setting to suggest, perhaps, that loyalty is not what it once was. Like the other Cullingford mysteries I have read, anything but cosy.
Early in the novel we see a character curled up with a Father Brown mystery, and we soon see that this is no random detail, despite the absence of any clerics in lead roles. This unusual mystery, reminiscent of Angela Thirkell in its sharp observation of character and the small details of English domestic life, explores territory usually thought of as theological without short-changing the reader looking for a classic British whodunit.
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- Værker
- 11
- Also by
- 6
- Medlemmer
- 124
- Popularitet
- #161,165
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 6
- ISBN
- 27
- Sprog
- 2
53) is title in English