Type of bind: Audio Cassette
EAN num: 9780816191147
ISBN number: 081619114X
Label: G K Hall Audio Books
Manufacturer: G K Hall Audio Books
Printing Date: 1989-06
Publishing house: G K Hall Audio Books
Sale Popularity Level: 2975732
Studio: G K Hall Audio Books
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When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident. Then Lord Peter Wimsey is called in, and he soon discovers there's more to copywriting than meets the eye. A bit of cocaine, a hint of blackmail, and some wanton women can be read between the lines. And then there is the brutal succession of murders -- 5 of them -- each one a fixed fee for advertising a deadly secret.
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When advertising executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the stairs at Pym's Publicity, Lord Peter Wimsey is asked to investigate. It seems that, before he died, Dean had begun a letter to Mr. Pym suggesting some very unethical dealings at the posh London ad agency. Wimsey goes undercover and discovers that Dean was part of the fast crowd at Pym's, a group taken to partying and doing drugs. Wimsey and his brother-in-law, Chief-Inspector Parker, rush to discover who is running London's cocaine trade and how Pym's fits into the picture--all before Wimsey's cover is blown.
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I don't know how many times I've read this over the years and thoroughly enjoyed each read. I'm re-reading it again just now!
I have read most of Ms Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey output and consider this book to be one of her best. It's great fun when you know the book spotting the clues she drops in front of you and seeing how the author reaches the conclusion. It does have its dark side - this is one of the very first detective novels surrounding the drug scene - and while certainly there are improbabilities the quality of the writing and the integrity of the book within itself outweigh these.
I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes a really good detective story and enjoys working out the solution as they go. Unlike one or two other authors of the same period who always seem to select the least likely character and then make the story fit however unlikely, Dorothy L Sayers gives you all the clues so it's possible to work out whodunnit just by reading the story carefully.
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When a young advertising copywriter tumbles down a steep flight of stairs, the coroner deems his death an unfortunate accident. Mr. Pym, of Pym's Publicity, suspects otherwise, and calls in Lord Peter Wimsey to investigate the case undercover as his badly-behaved "cousin," Mr. Death Bredon. It turns out that the death of the copywriter is only a small part of the mystery, as Wimsey finds himself embroiled in the complicated machinations of a cocaine smuggling ring. What does Pym's Publicity have to do with it all?
Dorothy Sayers really hit her stride in this mystery; she worked at an advertising agency at one point, so she knows her setting well, and it shows (Sayers even goes into what copy is acceptable and unacceptable in terms of legal repercussions). There are quite a few characters to keep track of, and it's nearly impossible for the reader to figure out who's behind it all. There's a lot more to this book than advertising and cocaine--there's also a few wanton women and some blackmail to spice things up a bit. The characters are witty, varied, and memorable, and the plot doesn't overwhelm. Definitely a great place to start reading Sayers's work if you haven't read her work before.
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I don't know where Dorothy L. Sayers got the idea for this one but I do consider it one of her lesser works. It probably had notably more positive impact in England, during the period in which it was written, where Lord Peter Wimsey getting a "regular job" would have been a real knee-slapper. Still, the mystery itself is well-written. If you can live without spooky houses, murder on the moors, and those sorts of cool English cliches, this one will probably work for you. Otherwise, read Sayers' "Unnatural Death."
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Fun to read, awesome vocabulary..be entertained and gently reminded of the learning we Americans did not get in Vocabulary class.
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Like PG Wodehouse or the early Agatha Christie, this offers a window on a bygone British world (perhaps largely fictitious even then) in which every class had its place and its peculiar argot, and true noblesse oblige consisted in the ability to transcend such differences. At least this is one of the most likeable characteristics of the detective hero Lord Peter Wimsey, temporarily working under a pseudonym at a London advertising agency. This allows for an amusing send-up of the publicity business, at a time when sucess was measured by the ability to coin a catchy jingle. But you do need to be a Brit or a dyed-in-the-wool Anglophile to make much of it; the climax, for instance, depends on the detailed description of a cricket match. And as a mystery, this is one of Sayers' least successful, with the suspects insufficiently distinguished from one another, and the ending much less of a surprise than it ought to be.
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