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The Nine Tailors: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Dorothy L. Sayers , Ian Carmichael
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4 Jun 2001 BBC Radio Collection
A full cast dramatisation of Sayers suspense classic featuring the elegant, intelligent amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey. Wimsey and his man Bunter are drawn into a series of intriguing incidents when stranded in the remote village of Fenchurch St Paul. A grotesquely disfigured corpse is found in the churchyard...

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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd; abridged edition edition (4 Jun 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0563478357
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563478355
  • Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 2.3 x 12.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 54,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'She brought to the detective novel orginality, intelligence, energy and wit' (P.D. James)

'I admire her novels ... she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' (Ruth Rendell)

'A truly great storyteller' (Minette Walters)

'Dorothy L Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' (E.C. Bentley, DAILY TELEGRAPH) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Dorothy L. Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's "Divina Commedia" to be her best work.

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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This, the ninth of Sayers's eleven full length Wimsey novels, is the one that lifts her above the category of twentieth-century female detective novelist, and places her among the literary greats.

It is a thoroughly satisfying mystery - sophisticated, complex, intellectually challenging. Everything in the plot is there for a reason; and the final explanation is ingenious and unexpected.

It is Sayers, so there is more than just a plot. The characters have a depth and realism far beyond the caricatures of Agatha Christie. They have individuality and weaknesses and baggage and unexpected strength in the face of adversity. They are, in short, people.

Wimsey himself appears more relaxed in this than in most of the other books. A far cry from the self-conscious man-about-town of 'Whose Body?' or the nervy war veteran of 'The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club', this is the Wimsey hinted at in 'Five Red Herrings': the born and bred countryman, at ease with himself, almost classless at times, an incomer who at once instinctively understands and is accepted by this tiny community.

The community itself is minutely and deftly drawn too - partly through its supporting characters, partly through Sayers's own narrative voice, stronger and more distinctive in this book than in the others, and often taking on the cadence and the overtones of a local character to remarkable effect.

And then there are the most powerful and enduring characters of all: the bells of Fenchurch St Paul and the place itself. `The Nine Tailors' is to the Fens what `The Return of the Native' is to the heathlands of Dorset. It is a work of art, a tone-poem, a sonorous evocation of place and time, a symphony of words and images that endure in the mind long after the last page is turned. (For more on the power of language in `The Nine Tailors', I refer you to my recent essay on The Art of Reading at http://wp.me/p16xbS-1L.)

Much attention is given in literary circles to the `great American novel'; little, if any, is given to the novel that depicts England. Yet `The Nine Tailors', for all that it is set in an obscure and bleak corner of the countryside, is as intimate and accurate a portrait of inter-war rural Englishness as anything ever written - and an enduring one at that.

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One must then turn, with the utmost reluctance and distaste, to the current sub-standard paperback edition of this masterpiece (978-0-450-00100-0). It appears to have been typeset and proof-read by persons with little knowledge of, and less interest in, either the English language or the basic rules of punctuation. It is further encumbered with an arch and self-congratulatory introduction by Elizabeth George, which adds little to one's appreciation of the work, and which - to add insult to injury - is inserted between Sayers's own foreword and the first chapter, thus breaking the rhythm of the author's original text. (No doubt the same vandalism has been committed in the latest impression of Gaudy Night, where any interruption between the Foreword and Chapter 1 would be even more obtrusive. Fortunately I still have my 1988 paperback of that work.)

A minor point, but a further niggle in light of these graver shortcomings, is the faintly 1970s typography employed for the section headings.

In summary, this edition gives the unfortunate impression of having been brought to press by an editor who neither recognised nor valued the calibre and significance of the book. I have now placed my 2011 paperback in the recycling bin and ordered a second-hand hardback. On the grounds of the punctuation errors alone, I would urge anyone who wishes to read what Miss Sayers actually wrote, to eschew the current paperback edition in favour of any other second-hand copy available.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect 1 May 2007
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Lord Peter and Bunter drive into a ditch in the Fens. They are rescued by the vicar of Fenchurch St. Pauls, whereupon we meet Peter's previously unsuspected bell-ringing skills. This pastoral idyll is disturbed, however, by the discovery of a faceless, handless corpse in the churchyard. With almost no means of identification, even Lord Peter is pushed to discover the identity of the corpse and its murderer, but the ending to this is both a witty twist on whodunnit convention, and a genuinely moving paean to English village life.

The Peter Wimsey revealed by this quaint setting and the proximity of the clergy is a pleasant antidote to the aristocratic fool and hopeless lover we so often see. Out of the city, his charm is less forced, his wit less studied, his intellect at once more obvious and less overt. No Harriet Vane either (hurrah), just the inimitable Mr Bunter, a lot of books and a murder. What more could anyone want?
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Cracking Tale 28 Nov 2000
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Format:Audio Cassette
This is my first taste of Lord Peter on audio and I'm not dissapointed. Ian Carmichael simply shines as Wimsey. The BBC are past masters at audio dramas and this is no exception, the atmosphere's superb! If you're a fan of Conan Doyle or Christie via the BBC then you won't be disspointed with this effort. Turn the lights down low sit back and enjoy.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars As good as ever
My favourite Lord Peter story. Wonderfully acted by all. Such a shame that the BBC didn't dramatise all of the books.
Published 12 hours ago by Tabby
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book.
This was a truly wonderful book, very good mystery from lord Peter wimsey but the campanological references are very pleasing to a ringer.
Published 1 day ago by marissa carey
4.0 out of 5 stars Learn a lot about bell ringing!
A typical Lord Peter story but made more interesting by all the references to different bells and peals. I had no idea! Read more
Published 18 days ago by Sleighbelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly and scarey
The first work of Sayers that I read, featuring Wimsey. I was a teenager at the time, and I still think that it is one of the best of its kind. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Richard Astley Fellows
5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Sayers
I love this book which is full of the atmosphere of the fens. The plot is fiendishly clever and the story never flags.
Published 25 days ago by MichaelS
5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended
It is one of Dorothy L. Sayers' best stories: some say, the best. The plot is most unusual and so is the 'local colour', which constitutes a story in itself, what with the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by James Higgins
2.0 out of 5 stars Overrated and mind-numbingly dull
I write this as a disappointed fan - I love Gaudy Night, Strong Poison, Have His Carcase and the short stories. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. D. J. Sellers
3.0 out of 5 stars Memory plays tricks
Read this years ago and thought it was gripping. This time I found it slow and meandering. As an ex bell ringer the ringing stuff was interesting! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dullard
5.0 out of 5 stars A good plot full of intrigue
A good descriptive story that fully descibed the life style of the times backed up with knowledge of the area both geographicly and socially. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Colin Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant!!!!
I have read thousands upon thousands of Crime Fiction Books and Dorothy L Sayers will remain my absolute favourite author of all time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. C. M. Hough
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