Outside of a Dog: Sayers, Dorothy L.: (06) Strong Poison [2004 read]; (07) The Five Red Herrings

gthistle

gthistle wrote on September 19, 2004 at 8:57 PM:

I didn't deal well with Five Red Herrings either. I've tried it only the once--maybe I should have another go. I did like Have His Carcase well enough to reread once (rare for me), partly because we get to see Harriet on her own. I wanted to nudge its pace along, but it made me appreciate Gaudy Night properly, I think.

Kate

Kate wrote on September 20, 2004 at 7:36 PM:

gthistle: You might try reading Truepenny's post on the book and seeing if any of it rings bells for you. It's possible it works better when read out of sequence. I'm sure I'll get to to _Have His Carcase_ eventually, because I do greatly look forward to _Murder Must Advertise_ and _The Nine Tailors_ and I'd feel guilty reading them out of sequence.

David Schwartz

David Schwartz wrote on November 9, 2004 at 7:45 PM:

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Brad DeLong

Brad DeLong wrote on January 2, 2005 at 11:14 PM:

Skip _Have His Carcass_ and go straight to _Gaudy Night_

Kate Nepveu

Kate Nepveu wrote on January 3, 2005 at 10:06 PM:

Brad, I'd like to, but I'd set the goal of re-reading the entire canon in order. There's probably interesting stuff to be found in _HHC_, and I'll never uncover it without the carrot of _Gaudy Night_ and the other later novels to get me there.