R in the Month

R in the Month
Nancy Spain, Sandi Toksvig
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Paperback
h196 x 126mm - 336pg
5 May 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780349014029
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* ' Ever since reading R in the Month as a teenager, I' ve been a Nancy Spain fan. I love her juxtaposition of seedy, atmospheric settings with humour and showbiz glamour. There' s still no one quite like her' ELLY GRIFFITHSThe oyster party had the kiss of death upon it - even though there were two ' R' s in the month. Miriam Birdseye - famed revue star and sleuth - could have told you that from the start. She isn' t a bit surprised to learn that her fiance' s mother died in the night. But who at the seedy Sussex hotel would have poisoned the bivalves? Could it be the hotel proprietor - a handsome, drunken bankrupt? His put-upon wife? Miriam' s impressively moustachioed fiance? Or the menacing, unsavoury chef? Can Miriam track down the killer before anyone else is murdered by mollusc? * ' Her detective novels are hilarious - less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase' SANDI TOKSVIG
An either intense or sombre approach to crime is to Miss Spain foreign: in her world an inspired craziness rules . . . Her wit, her zest, her outrageousness, and the colloquial stylishness of her writing are quite her own -- Elizabeth Bowen Her detective novels are hilarious. They are high camp and less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase . . . Nancy Spain was bold, she was brave, she was funny, she was feisty. I owe her a great deal' -- Sandi Toksvig Ever since reading R in the Month as a teenager, I' ve been a Nancy Spain fan. I love her juxtaposition of seedy, atmospheric settings with humour and showbiz glamour. There' s still no one quite like her -- Elly Griffiths
Nancy Spain was a novelist, broadcaster and journalist. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1917, she was the great-niece of the legendary Mrs Beeton. As a columnist for the Daily Express and She magazine, frequent guest on radio' s Woman' s Hour and panellist on the television programmes What' s My Line? and Juke Box Jury, she was one of the most recognisable (and controversial) media personalities of her era. During the Second World War she worked as a driver, and her comic memoir of her time in the WRNS became an immediate bestseller. After the war she began publishing her acclaimed series of detective novels, and would go on to write over twenty books. Spain and her longtime partner, Joan Werner Laurie, were killed when the light aircraft carrying them to the Grand National in 1964 crashed close to the racecourse. Her friend Noel Coward wrote, ' It is cruel that all that gaiety, intelligence and vitality should be snuffed out when so many bores and horrors are left living. '
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780349014029
Published: 5 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 126mm
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 264g
Pages: 336

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