- Paperback
- Publisher: Harpercollins; Reprint edition (Jun 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060805064
- ISBN-13: 978-0060805067
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,425,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The classic crime thrillers of Edmund Crispin are quite unlike any others in their constantly digressing good humour, their smart puzzle-setting and their strong-skewed sense of what is right and fair. In Buried for Pleasure, his don-detective Gervase Fenn comes to the out-of-way village of Sanford Angelorum to stand in a Parliamentary by-election; he has just finished a major piece of academic work and needs diversion. Almost at once, he recognises another guest in the hotel as an incognito police inspector from London, learns of a local woman poisoned by her blackmailer and then Inspector Bussy is killed, seemingly stabbed in the throat by an escaped lunatic. Not especially enjoying the by-election, Fenn takes a hand in the investigation and finds himself caught up with dotty psychiatrists, ecclesiastical poltergeists, lost heirs and a small and unappealing pig. As Jonathan Gash points out in his introduction, it would be a mistake to regard this as merely cosy or merely a romp; the Crispin novels showed what could be done to the detective novel with a bit of style. Fenn is a fascinating detective because we get to know so much of the over-stocked interior of his highly intelligent head. --Roz Kaveney
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Rightly elevated to classic status New York Sun Crispin is noted for an ability to embellish clever story lines with Marx Brothers touches New York Times Both the mature and the discerning young choose to pick up one of Crispin's beautifully turned crime novels The Times Crispin isn't in it for the mystery, but for the enigmas Guardian
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable stroll through a typically English crime,
By A Customer
This review is from: Buried for Pleasure (Pan Classic Crime) (Paperback)
Gervase Fen, the hero, is on first encountering him, an apparently simple character - a gentleman private detective in the mould of Albert Campion, although more intellectual than aristocratic.As the character develops one can discern a more complex character, with hints of the genteel fashion of Miss Marple, tempered by the more prosaic nature brought about by exposure to human frailties. Being from an academic centre, one is drawn to the comparison of Fen with Morse, but this does not really exist, since Morse is more obviously romantic in his soul and yet more professional through his official position. The book explores a familiar scene - the idyll of country life facing upheaval, but with the added twist of a backdrop of a by-election, which provides a sort of stabilising sub-text. Red herrings are not particularly in evidence, although all aspects of the book are relatively understated. The whodunnit element is not particularly taxing, but one tends to forget that and concentrate more on the quality of the writing. A great book to relax with for crime acolytes with a penchant for the rather older English detective story.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Enough Mystification,
This review is from: Buried for Pleasure (Pan Classic Crime) (Paperback)
From previous reading and critical judgement, I had viewed this as the best of the Fen stories - unfortunately, it is not. Crispin's humour - both through political satire, and through Mitchellian imagination (escaped lunatics, vicars and poltergeists) - is at its best, but the detective story plot is rather weak: there are no red herrings, no suspects, and the reader is likely to tumble to the murderer's identity. Fen's political manoeuvres obviously take precedence in Crispin's mind over Fen's detection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not great, but good,
By Bloomsbury (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Buried for Pleasure (Paperback)
Edmund Crispin is literate, articulate and often tongue in cheek. If you enjoy novels from the Golden Age of Crime, this is a good book to curl up with while you drink wine or coffee. The characters and plot won't stay with you for long after you have read it, but while you are reading it you will relax and be gently amused. If you know some of the classics of English Literature, there are references that may reinforce a sense of being part of a well-read club. Books don't all have to be great and make intellectual demands; some can simply be fun and this is one of those - undemanding, but carefully crafted.
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