The humor, especially at the beginning of the book, at times made me laugh out loud.
Quote:
“Bunter!”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Her Grace tells me that a respectable Battersea architect has discovered a dead man in his bath.”
“Indeed, my lord? That’s very gratifying.”
“Very, Bunter. Your choice of words is unerring.
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I thought the anti-Semitism in the book a reflection on the characters and the times, not on the author herself, especially in light of astrangerhere's revelation that Sayers was involved romantically with a Jewish man at the time of the novel's writing. Such involvement can make someone sensitive to how frequently bigoted comments are heard.
A slight aside: Did Aristotle really say that the Golden Mean kept one from being a golden ass?
Finally, for a Lord, Peter Whimsy sure seemed to use a lot of street English. I refer to his excessive use of dropping the final "g" with words ending in "ing" and his constant use of "ain't" instead of "isn't". I confess to not having experience with lords, but this ain't how I pictured 'em talkin'.