tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post3627860923914082340..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: THE JOURNEYING BOY, Michael InnesKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-56613297330714728472015-05-07T22:53:28.599+09:302015-05-07T22:53:28.599+09:30I think of all the detective novelists of his era,...I think of all the detective novelists of his era, Innes is the one who's become the most dated. Even at the time the ponderous style seemed designed more for the delectation of the regulars at some Oxbridge High Table than for the rest of us. Today the books seem dull as ditchwater even to old farts like me; for young readers they must be just about impenetrable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-38536443116356655392015-05-07T16:33:57.994+09:302015-05-07T16:33:57.994+09:30Thanks for playing 1949 Kerrie.
I had the same ch...Thanks for playing 1949 Kerrie. <br />I had the same change of mind midway through the book, but in a different direction - I much preferred the first half (although he does overdo the academic jokes).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com