- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Collins Crime; 1st ed 1st printing edition (7 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007123396
- ISBN-13: 978-0007123391
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 905,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world’ Andrew Taylor, Independent
‘One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists’ Marcel Berlins, The Times
‘Few writers in the genre today have Hill’s gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace’ Donna Leon, Sunday Times
‘The finest male English contemporary crime writer’ Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
‘An increasingly lyrical and always humorous writer, he is first and foremost an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift’ Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
Praise for Arms and the Women:
‘Luminously written, thrilling in the best old-fashioned sense of the word, unexpectedly erudite, and beautifully structured’ Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
‘Brilliantly written, highly amusing and extraordinarily readable’ T J Binyon, Evening Standard
Andrew Taylor, Independent
"He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world."
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unbelievably good,
By A Customer
This review is from: Death's Jest-Book (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Hardcover)
If there was any justice this book would be shortlisted for the Booker - which of course it won't be, being genre fiction and all. In 550 pages not a word is wasted.The book, a direct sequel to the previous "Dialogues...," centres around 3 relationships, each of which can only end in disaster: DC Bowler and his new girlfriend "Rye" Pomona; DS Wield and a rent-boy informer; and (the core of the book) Peter Pascoe and his nemesis Franny Roote. The book is full of unpretentious erudition and sharp character observation, the plot is very cunningly structured, and every page is a joy to read. One of the best books I have ever read, imo right up there with the likes of "Worldly Powers" or either of the Amises at their best.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a book!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Death's Jest-Book (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Hardcover)
Any Reginald Hill fan will not be disappointed with this book. At least matching, if not surpassing his usual level of story-telling, this book continues the story of the "Wordman" which began in "Dialogues of the Dead". The book begins with several seemingly separate threads and leaves the reader wondering "how the heck is he (Hill) going to resolve this?" Having read all of the Dalziel and Pascoe stories to date, I knew this would happen. However, I was still amazed at how all the threads are finally interwoven to form the detailed tapestry that Reginald Hill usually comes up with. In essence, a cracking story maintaining the standards Reginald Hill has set with his Dalziel and Pascoe books to date. If you haven't read Dialogues of the Dead I would recommend that book be read first though.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tying up the loose ends,
This review is from: Death's Jest-Book: Featuring Dalziel and Pascoe (A Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Paperback)
So you are a fan, read the Dialogues of the Dead and loved its subtle blend of crime and love? And now you are looking forward to what the author has in store for his newest additions to the Dalziel and Pascoe circle of friends, young DC "Hat" Bowler and his love-of-his-life Rye Pomona, both recovering from the traumatic finale of the Dialogues and its many dead indeed?Then you'll love this Death's Jest-book because it features plenty of Rye and Hat. But as always it's fat Dalziel who's stealing (and running!) the show. Especially now that Pascoe is once again trying to deal with his eternal deamon, Franny Roote. Or is he simply playing a cruel Jest on poor Peter? Before I start my personal appreciation a warning : although the whole series of D&P novels build on each other, this novel is a real sequel to the Dialogues. So if you haven't read the first, you'll be unable to appreciate this one. I loved this book because it has the intrinsic Hill qualities : different story lines unfold themselves to a resolution that leaves no loose ends untied, the Dalziel character (a god's gift) and the superb storytelling talent of the author. However, this book is not the best in the series. I've mixed feelings about the Franny/Pascoe storyline : the build up is sometimes annoying but the finale makes up for it. I expected more from a book that resolves a lot of stories spanning multiple novels. Also, for a non-native English reader, Hills wordgames and references to English literature sometimes stand in the way of the story. Conclusion : as always solid work from Reginald Hill but only if you've read the brilliant Dialogues of the Dead.
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