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Holy Disorders (Paperback)

by Edmund Crispin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (5 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 009950619X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099506195
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 168,208 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #10 in  Books > Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Authors, A-Z > C > Crispin, Edmund
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" A master of the whodunit -- he combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity."
- "New York Times"

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"Holy Disorders" takes Oxford don and part time detective, Gervase Fen to the town of Tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving Fen the chance to play sleuth. The man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of German spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumored to have been practicing since the 17th century? Tracking down the answer pleases Fen immensely - only the reader will have a better time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A true gem, 23 April 2003
By Mr. Richard A. Drew (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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If you've read Crispin's 'The Moving Toyshop' you'll already be wanting to read this book, if you've read neither 'The Moving Toyshop' or 'Holy Disorders' then you've missed a couple of real treats.

'Holy Disorders' is one of my favourite Crispin novels featuring great characters who whilst they perhaps border on caricatures are such great fun it would be churlish to complain. The setting is a small town in wartime England and centres around the local clergy. It features Gervase Fen, the wonderfully eccentric Professor of English, a true Don. Humour and tight clever plotting recall Michael Innes or Carter Dickson at their very best.

Highly recommended for lovers of the classic English crime novel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the classics, 4 April 2008
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I read most of Edmund Crispin many years ago and enjoyed them. Holy Disorders defintely bears re-reading. The plot is complex and reamrkably up to date if you just think terrorists instead of German spies! Why did the two inoffensive victims meet their maker? Gervase Fen - English don and amiable eccentric - asks his friend Geoffrey Vintner to help him find out. But there will be many twists and turns before the murderers are unmasked and many red herrings. The writing is sharp and precise and there are flashes of humour and acknowledgments that this is a book and the characters are part of a story, which could seem artificial in less skilful hands, but here it hits just the right note. Well worth a read especially if you love the Golden Age of British detective fiction.
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