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Post by ripper on Dec 6, 2016 13:32:40 GMT
I can only echo what has been said regarding "The Fly-paper" after reading it for the first time just now. Very creepy, and talk about out of the frying-pan and into the fire...
I am glad to see that Smee is included in the Readers Digest collection. It is probably my favourite of the author's stories, plus one of my favourite Christmas-set tales.
Just looking at the detective stories collection, it hadn't occured to me that Rumpole was a detective, but thinking about it, yes, a sizeable number of the stories feature the redoubtable Horace indulging in sleuthing on behalf of his clients.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 6, 2016 14:22:08 GMT
I can only echo what has been said regarding "The Fly-paper" after reading it for the first time just now. Very creepy, and talk about out of the frying-pan and into the fire... More precisely, perhaps, out of the frying-pan and then into the frying-pan again.
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Post by ripper on Dec 7, 2016 13:15:37 GMT
I can only echo what has been said regarding "The Fly-paper" after reading it for the first time just now. Very creepy, and talk about out of the frying-pan and into the fire... More precisely, perhaps, out of the frying-pan and then into the frying-pan again. Yes, I think that would be more accurate. I can see why Dahl was so impressed with the story and wanted it for Tales of the Unexpected.
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