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'She brought to the detective novel originality, 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 )
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers.' (E. C. Bentley, Daily Telegraph )
'I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' (Ruth Rendell )
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers.' (E. C. Bentley, Daily Telegraph )
P. D. James
‘She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.’
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Less frothy than some of the other Wimsey novels,
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This review is from: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Paperback)
As other reviewers have mentioned, what makes this novel stand out from the usual period crime fiction is the portrayal of between-the-wars London when Armistice Day is still a real reminder of what men endured, when survivors of the first world war still suffer from shell-shock and the after-effects of gassing and wounds, and when having a wife go out to work is a significant slur on a man's masculinity.
The actual murder itself is less satisfying than some of the other novels in this series, and the unveiling of the culprit is a bit of a deux ex machina ending, so in some ways this works best as a novel with an incidental crime rather than the other way round. A good read anyway, though with a significantly darker centre than some of the other Wimsey books.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club,
By Sue Reeves (Burray, Orkney United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Paperback)
Not one of Peter Wimsey's best efforts but an interesting enough puzzle, well though out and satisfying to all fans of Dorothy L Sayers. However what makes this book fascinating for me is the deeply convincing contemporary portrait of upper and middle class post World War 1 Britain. The Edwardian afternoon still lingers on for those too old to have fought and the Gentlemans club which forms the backdrop for much of this book remains a refuge from a rapidly changing world. But for the "lucky" ones who return from the trenches their experiences haunt them. There are also the new economic realities of unemployment to be faced. Dorothy L Sayer has brilliantly and effortlessly evoked the flavour of the period. As reader of detective fiction and a passionate history buff I enjoyed it enormously.
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The unpleastantness at the Bellona Club,
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This review is from: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Paperback)
I first read this book several years ago, borrowing it from the Library. I enjoy Dorothy Sayers' writing very much even though there are some aspects of her books which indicate a consciouness of class which is very different from that prevailing today: whereby a character will act in a way required by his/her class and not necessarily the way the same character would act if being written about today. Also some of her books indicate that there was a degree of racial discrimination amongst the "upper classes" which is quite disconcerting now.However, despite the above, suffice to say, I enjoyed this book and the other Lord Peter Wimsey books I've re-read recently, just as much as I did several years ago. I'm very pleased I bought the book "The Unpleasantness at The Bellona Club".
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