... I guess I disagree--in general if not re. this novel I wanted to re-read all the books precisely because of the circumcision subplot. I think that the ...
"but the feelings and motivations of the characters are as relevant today as ever." Just goes to show that the more things change, the more they stay the...
PS. I don't know how clear I was in formulating my comment. I agree completely with you that the problem was the distance between the crime plot and the social...
No, I see what you mean, and I agree with you except for the last couple of books. I've read End in Tears once and listened to it once, but it was a while ago,...
I had to laugh, as I just ran across a reference in "An Unkindness of Ravens" (1985) where Wexford is "close on 60." "Some Lie & Some Die," where he's 60, was...
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There may be some spoilers buried here--not recommended if you haven't read End in Tears and Not in the Flesh. It's interesting that you say that what the...
I was just reading a short story in which Dora bemoans her lost youth. She is in her late 50s (I think it was written in the period when the characters were...
At least he didn't get younger! Vickie I had to laugh, as I just ran across a reference in "An Unkindness ofRavens" (1985) where Wexford is "close on 60."...
Finished rereading it last night. What a beast Eunice is. Eunice is involved only with herself. She can't even understand trying to blackmail Melinda and...
It's been years since I've read it, and it was one of my first and favorite Rendell's, too. What an amazing depiction of a stone-cold sociopath. So many...
If I was going to be perpetually stuck in time at a certain age I'd like it to be before I needed reading glasses. But I do think it's kind of entertaining to...
I like that about her books, too, Lynn. I like to explore what might push a person over the edge. Most psychopaths aren't born--they are created. Vickie So...
As an addition to my previous post I might make the exception of Jeffery Dalmer, who seemed to be born that way. But it's an interesting question. In the...
Ah, I think you read my soul! That must be why 40 seems like such a good age to me. Judy ... like it to be before I needed reading glasses. But I do think...
On the cover of my 1978 paperback of A Judgement in Stone, it reads "In the great tradition of Agatha Christie." I've read but one Christie novel and a short...
I read all the Agatha Christie novels when I was younger, and I enjoyed them. However, I think there is a world of difference between her and Rendell. The...
I, too, "cut my teeth" on Christie, began reading her when I was about 12 or so - my mother and sister were both Christie readers, so I remember the books...
Just finished it last night. I liked how RR brought in class consciousness amongst the characters by describing their houses in their little community. It was...
Believe it or not, I read my first Christie novels this year. I don't really think these two writers have a lot in common except they both write mysteries. I...
I'm a huge fan of both writers (in fact, with PD James they're the only mystery writers I read), but I really don't think they could be more different. In...
"Christie has a secondary function these days as a writer evoking a particular era" Interestingly, this is something Rendell and Christie definitely DO have in...
Indeed -- though I get the impression that Rendell is much more conscious of her role in this respect. When I saw her at the Cheltenham Literary Festival ...
There's a Rendell interview on YouTube where she says something similar about being remembered for providing a history of England for the last 40 years. ... ...
PORTOBELLO has been released in England and is getting respectable reviews: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fict ...
Yahoo's artwork apparently prevented the links from appearing as complete - you'll probably need to just cut-and-paste all the info into your browser. Ah,...
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