- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD (27 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684824590
- ISBN-13: 978-0684824598
- Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,554,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Struggling actor and amateur sleuth Charles Paris finally lands the much-coveted role of Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night," but his expected acting break turns into a nightmare when the production is sabotaged by a series of suspicious events, including murder.
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Format:Paperback
This is the sixteenth of the seventeen detective stories about the struggling actor, Charles Paris. Although reading a series in order is always an extra pleasure, with these thespian thrillers it is not so crucial as Charles Paris, far from developing as a character, spends his life regretting his over-indulgence in alcohol, his inability to be faithful to his wife Frances and the non-development of his acting career.
In Sicken and So Die, Charles Paris is playing Sir Toby Belch in a traditional production of Shakespeare and is rejoicing at his temporary move into his wife's north London flat. When the director, Gavin Scholes, is taken ill and replaced by the innovative Romanian, Alexandru Radulescu, Charles' contentment dissolves and, naturally, he seeks comfort in the bottle.
The murder, which does not happen until nearly half-way through the story, concentrates his mind again but by then his relationship with Frances is floundering, his popularity with the other cast members has sunk (they are all supporters of Radulescu's trendy methods)very low and things are once again looking bleak for the amateur sleuth.
In Sicken and So Die, Charles Paris is playing Sir Toby Belch in a traditional production of Shakespeare and is rejoicing at his temporary move into his wife's north London flat. When the director, Gavin Scholes, is taken ill and replaced by the innovative Romanian, Alexandru Radulescu, Charles' contentment dissolves and, naturally, he seeks comfort in the bottle.
The murder, which does not happen until nearly half-way through the story, concentrates his mind again but by then his relationship with Frances is floundering, his popularity with the other cast members has sunk (they are all supporters of Radulescu's trendy methods)very low and things are once again looking bleak for the amateur sleuth.
Format:Paperback
Hamlet's words define the principal focus of this richly entertaining 1997 Simon Brett crime novel. The Shakespeare play being prepared for performance is "The Twelfth Night". Brett's desultory but reader-friendly actor Charles Paris has secured the part of Sir Toby Belch. If Brett loses a reader or two here it will be because his fascination with the play, how to interpret it, and how to prepare it for performance edge out this genre's "requirement" for a murder in the opening chapter.
Brett's literate and lilting prose will always win him a place in my favourite living authors, whatever his subject.
Brett's literate and lilting prose will always win him a place in my favourite living authors, whatever his subject.
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Format:Hardcover
I'm surprised by the glowing reviews from the professional reviewers. I found this a very minor whodunnit indeed. No crime occurs till half-way through and even then Charles Paris doesn't quite solve it himself. Much of the book is taken up with an analysis of "Twelfth Night." Paris's failed marriage and stalled career are dwelt on at length but go nowhere. The writing is professional and witty, and the characters are well-drawn, but there's practically no mystery here at all.
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