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Uncle Robin · 06-09-2022, 10:09 PM

I had a productive day yesterday, starting on my "fill in the gaps" programme of Golden Age reading. Three very different books from 4 very different authors., all enjoyable mysteries. Sayers and Carr were wittier and funnier than I expected: "mother-wit" and "pusillanimous pachyderms" fine examples. Sayers was a bit of a chore at times, with everyone talking like they were fresh from Blandings, only in earnest.

The ingrained casual misogyny and racism of the Queen debut was a bit of a surprise though. I knew that a book written in the late 1920s would be different in that regard, but to have lengthy passages extolling the way their POC houseboy idolised his massa while repeatedly comparing him physically to a monkey was still hard to stomach. And if I had a buck for every slur against women in book 1, I could buy the rest of the series, it seemed. Despite that , I enjoyed all 3, and will be continuing with all 3 series for now.

06-09-2022, 10:09 PM	#30742
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,662 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	I had a productive day yesterday, starting on my "fill in the gaps" programme of Golden Age reading. Three very different books from 4 very different authors., all enjoyable mysteries. Sayers and Carr were wittier and funnier than I expected: "mother-wit" and "pusillanimous pachyderms" fine examples. Sayers was a bit of a chore at times, with everyone talking like they were fresh from Blandings, only in earnest. The ingrained casual misogyny and racism of the Queen debut was a bit of a surprise though. I knew that a book written in the late 1920s would be different in that regard, but to have lengthy passages extolling the way their POC houseboy idolised his massa while repeatedly comparing him physically to a monkey was still hard to stomach. And if I had a buck for every slur against women in book 1, I could buy the rest of the series, it seemed. Despite that , I enjoyed all 3, and will be continuing with all 3 series for now. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Uncle Robin; 06-09-2022 at 10:50 PM.