Category Archives: Gilbert Adair

Friday’s Forgotten Books – 20 February 2015

Posted on 20 February 2015 by Cavershamragu

In Patti Abbott’s absence, while she finishes going over the proofs of her latest book, I am corralling today’s FFB – there will be updates throughout the day so please send me your links if I’ve missed you off the … Continue reading →

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A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF STYLE (2007) by Gilbert Adair

Posted on 3 October 2014 by Cavershamragu

Sequels can be such a pain! Expectations after a success can be unfairly high, the pressure to succeed often crippling artistic instincts, co-opting authors into merely varying a winning formula by just a smidgen. But here I am attempting a … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, Evadne Mount, Friday's Forgotten Book, Gilbert Adair, Postmodern | 30 Comments

THE ACT OF ROGER MURGATROYD (2006) by Gilbert Adair

Posted on 24 August 2014 by Cavershamragu

The late Gilbert Adair (1944-2011) would have been 70 this year. He wrote essays, screenplays, film reviews, novels and much more besides. His books are usually about other books, and this clever whodunit was inspired by an acknowledged Agatha Christie … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Evadne Mount, Gilbert Adair, Postmodern | 57 Comments

Mysteries in Audio: Podcast

Posted on 26 March 2013 by Cavershamragu

Patrick, a man wise beyond his years and master of that smashing resource, At The Scene of the Crime, today celebrates the second online birthday of his blog. As we are both fans of mystery audios I was thrilled to … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio Review, Big Finish, Gilbert Adair, Jago & Litefoot, Podcast, Sherlock Holmes | 7 Comments

A CLOSED BOOK (1999) by Gilbert Adair

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Cavershamragu

The novelist, screenwriter and critic Gilbert Adair (who died last year) was above all a postmodernist, one whose work riffed and built self-consciously on pre-existing works. I’m a big fan of Adair and enjoy postmodern fiction too but an appreciation … Continue reading →

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RIP Gilbert Adair (1944 – 2011)

Posted on 9 December 2011 by Cavershamragu

News has reached us here at Fedora that the British novelist, critic, poet, translator and screenwriter Gilbert Adair has died at the age of 66. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 December 1944 but for many years was based … Continue reading →

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Top 100 mystery books (almost)

Posted on 29 May 2011 by Cavershamragu

The plan was to come up with a top 100 that I was prepared to stand by – but I wanted to re-read so many of the books that I might have included but now remembered too vaguely (such as Ngaio Marsh’s output or books like Tey’s hugely popular The Daughter of Time) that I thought I should publish only a partial list. Not to mention finding it a bit hard to just settle on one book by Georges Simenon given the enormity of his output – I have placed a list of 80+ titles on the site and am extremely open to suggestions …