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An Amateur Corpse (Hardcover)

by Simon Brett (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Scribner (July 1978)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684155710
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684155715
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 638,754 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Amateur Corpse, 22 Sep 2005
By Rich Milligan (Thatcham, Berkshire) - See all my reviews
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Poor old Charles Paris, not only is our loveable and slightly alcoholic hero approaching his 50th birthday, but an old university chum has roped him into providing a "critics circle" for a local amateur dramatics society, who have just put on a "performance" of Checkov's The Seagull. Mind you this odious task might pale into insignificance when compared to the current dilemma Charles' university pal is facing. Hugo Mecken, now running a voice-over company (who has pushed some work Charles's way) is in the middle of a marriage crisis. His wife, the beautiful but much younger Charlotte is possibly having an affair and Hugo's sullen drunken moods are becoming worse.

When Charlotte is discovered murdered days later in her coal shed, Hugo is arrested and because of his drunken condition when the crime happened cannot provide any sort of defence to the charges. As luck would have it Hugo's solicitor is that other old friend of Charles', Gerald Venables and Charles wastes no time in taking advantage of Gerald's position to try to prove Hugo's innocent. Charles' suspicious eyes are drawn to the motley crew of the Breckton Backstagers and he begins his usual round of mistimed investigations and misled accusations.

Again we have everything we've come to expect from Charles and the people he meets and whilst some of it is over the top caricature (which is very amusing) Simon Brett manages to bring a very real sense of everyday poignancy to the very suburban setting of this book. There's also a very charming passage in which Charles meets with an old drama school friend of Charlotte, and whilst our amorous half centurion manages to mark another notch on his bedpost, we never the less see the full force of the genuine charm of Charles Paris.

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