tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579115000701677334.post4261415763877046394..comments2024-03-15T01:40:57.203-07:00Comments on MBTB's Mystery Book Blog: Dorothy L. Sayers' THE NINE TAILORSJill Hinckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12343453016166841470noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579115000701677334.post-92066582336035818822008-01-16T17:03:00.000-08:002008-01-16T17:03:00.000-08:00Ha! "Interesting, and rather odd" - the story of m...Ha! "Interesting, and rather odd" - the story of my life! Thanks for your comments on my Sayers' piece, Jill. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you that "brutal" is the wrong word for the novel - unfortunately, a poorly chosen adjective got amplified when NPR decided on "A Brutal British Mystery" or something similar for the headline. <BR/><BR/>When I wrote the piece, I'd recently read Christie's THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, and found it anemic and irritating (and not because of the ending). I thought of the mutilated body in the grave near the beginning of TAILORS and felt that it was an image not only more gripping than anything in the Christie story, but also more true to life. Using "brutal" was laziness on my part, I'm afraid - an adjective that will live on in infamy.<BR/><BR/>But we'll have to continue to disagree about TAILORS being Sayers' best - I love the book, but there's far too much bell-ringing arcana for yrs truly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com