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Originally Posted by haertig
I've never heard of him. But I imagine his sales figures just jumped. Comments that attempt to denigrate generally have the exact opposite effect of what was intended.
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It's a series written by Dorothy L. Sayers in the Golden Age of Mysteries, in the late 20's-30's in the UK, featuring an amateur detective Lord (with scads of dosh) and his faithful manservant, Bunter. Later, a woman arrives on the scene-Harriet Vane-who is herself involved in three of the mysteries and becomes LPW's love interest.
FWIW, there are significant arguments about DLS's "racism" and anti-Semitism. While she definitely exhibits the casual racism, etc., of her time, she also has characters, like Miss Climpson, that argue against it, quite forcefully. One of her major gentile upper-class characters falls in love with, and marries a Jewish woman. If one only reads the odd sentence or paragraph, here or there, out of context, yes, she can be made to look like a raving anti-Semite; but if you read the entire series...well, you'll have to make up your own mind.
Hitch