Light Thickens - Couverture souple

Marsh, Ngaio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1631940651 ISBN 13 : 9781631940651

Editeur : Felony & Mayhem, 2016

Synopsis

The bad news: This is the last in Ngaio Marsh's marvelous Inspector Alleyn" series. The good: It's one of her very best. The secret to Light Thickens' success may lie in its combination of some of Marsh's greatest passions, including her native New Zealand -in the person of, unusually, a Maori character - and the theater. Indeed, the plot centers on a production of...well, let's skirt disaster by calling it the Scottish play," a play that Dame Ngaio produced and directed several times. Among theater folk, the Scottish play is considered unlucky, so much so that tradition requires anyone who utters its proper name backstage to leave the building, spin around, spit, curse, and then request permission to re-enter. For Ngaio Marsh, however, it seems to have been quite the opposite: Light Thickens is a fine swansong," said England's Observer, and the Los Angeles Times agreed, saying No playwright could devise a better curtain" than the one Dame Ngaio chose for her own career.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dame Ngaio Marsh was one of the queens of the golden age of mystery and the author of 32 titles in the Inspector Roderick Alleyn series. She was born and grew up in New Zealand. Theater was perhaps her greatest passion in life, and she directed and produced a number of plays.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Felony & Mayhem
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1631940651
• ISBN 13: 9781631940651
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible