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The Glimpses of the Moon TREDITION CLASSICS Edith Wharton Books
At his best, Gervase Fen is not for everyone. While not at his best, this book is typical of the offbeat world of Edmund Crispin and, therefore, will be unpalatable for many readers of detective and mystery stories. He plays with words, he toys with situations, he creates oddball characters. It is often as if he is satirizing the genre of classic british mysteries as Allingham is said by some to have been satirizing Dorothy Sayers. By the time I reached the denouement of this work, I had almost forgotten what the killings were to which Fen had a solution. To enjoy the book, you have to be ready to read and savour each word and sentence, each oddity and peculiarity of phrasing, each offbeat person and way of putting things. When I have the time for it, I enjoy the style. When I just want to skim the surface, I get impatient. This is an author with a literary bent offering a 'hero' who is a literary figure. I doubt if many drawn to the rapid fire current style or the 'cozy', will find Fen a congenial companion in murder.Product details
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The Glimpses of the Moon TREDITION CLASSICS Edith Wharton Books Reviews
Edmund Crispin certainly had an unusual career as a writer. At the age of 23, he published his first mystery featuring eccentric Oxford dean (and amateur detective) Gervase Fen. That was in 1944 and between then and 1953 he published seven more full-length books and one book of short stories, all with Professor Fen as the prominent character. The he stopped writing mysteries and devoted himself to his career as a film composer.
We don't see Fen again until he reappears in GLIMPSES OF THE MOON in 1977. Why the 24 year lapse? As far as I know, it was never explained. This book is different from the earlier ones in that the story is well advanced before Fen appears and (even then) he remains somewhat on the periphery.
At the time of publication, the author had been happily settled in rural Devonshire for many years. He was vocal in his hatred of London (and all cities) and as equally vocal in his opposition to the "development" (which he called exploitation) of rural England. He had also finally taken a wife and this book is dedicated to her. Since he died only one year after its publication (of his decades-long alcoholism) I wonder if this book wasn't at least partially an attempt to provide financially for his wife
Crispin even includes himself in the character of a resident film composer who's eager to tell anyone who'll listen about the trials and tribulations of that particular occupation. There are plenty of the kind off-beat characters for which Crispin was known. There's an acerbic rector, a retired major who's obsessed with television jingles, two dotty elderly twin sisters, a pub owner who's a happy invalid, and many others.
The author also takes the opportunity to expound on his favorite topics - the mindless exploitation of rural areas, the cruelties of factory farming, fox hunting (and the anti-hunting movement) and the modern dependence on television. In some ways it's dated. The parts about young people and their music and dress sound more like the early 1960's than the late 1970's. I suppose Crispin was playing catch-up after such a long hiatus.
In the end, the mystery itself is far less important than the witty (frequently farcical) goings-on of the strange cast of characters. I don't thing it's Crispin's best and I don't think it would be a good place to start in the series, but it and the book of short stories published after Crispin's death are very welcome "bonuses" for those of us who know and love this unique writer and his work. It also contains one of the most likable and most NORMAL families that Crispin created - the capable, kindly farmer Clarence Tully and his brood of stalwart sons. There'll always be an England!
Heavy on idiosyncratic English people, and filled with characters that amount to the usual suspects. The plot/mystery is secondary to the lengthy descriptions of the characters in humorous situations. There were too many times when these situational descriptions needed to be edited, shortened, and brought to the point. I like folksy (cozy?) British mysteries, but this book was too much of a good thing.
As there seems to be some cross posting This is a review of Edith Wharton’s Trilogy of short novellas The Glimpses of the Moon, Edition.
I came to the small collection ignorant of Edith Wharton. What most impresses me about the Glimpses of the Moon Trilogy was her ability to assume three difference points of view and three different voices.
The first and longest of the stories is Glimpses of the Moon. From the beginning we know that central characters, Nick and Suzy are deeply, and romantically in love. The conflict to be resolved is that they have each been living accessories to their much richer friends. She has no work force skills and he has only a minimal pretense as a writer. Otherwise they travel with The Smart Set, much the way The Great Gatsby had his hanger-ons.
Initially there is some great satire. I had hoped to see this story open into a lot of well written shots at the rich and tasteless. Instead we are taken into the alternating points of view, character flaws and standards of these two. Overall a well told story with some nicely engineered twists. It is overly long to get to the ending promised by the first sentence.
In Summer Wharton takes us into an entirely different world and narrates about love from a totally different perspective. Instead of high flying European super wealthy, we have Charity Royal. She is an 18 year old, self-contained young lady one removed from the bare existence of the remote mountain people of New England. Instead she is raised by a small town country lawyer in a sliver of civilization only just better than what was the life of “her people”.
None of her lessons in life or love will be as obvious or as glittering as the Suzy of the first story.
The Marne, the last novella again takes the reader into a new voice and point of view. The protagonist is Troy Belknap. The son and heir to a very rich American family. World War I finds them trapped in France. Mom is part of a wealthy group of travelers suddenly inconvenienced by someoneelse’s war. She is among those who can only related to how rude it was of the German’s to start this war and why is it that her kind cannot automatically get special treatment and quick travel away from food shortages and the like.
Roy already in his teens develops a more complex view, but still conflicted. World War I will last long enough for him to make decisions about joining up. He will also have to make decisions about how going to war may change his relations with the girl he thinks he loves.
At his best, Gervase Fen is not for everyone. While not at his best, this book is typical of the offbeat world of Edmund Crispin and, therefore, will be unpalatable for many readers of detective and mystery stories. He plays with words, he toys with situations, he creates oddball characters. It is often as if he is satirizing the genre of classic british mysteries as Allingham is said by some to have been satirizing Dorothy Sayers. By the time I reached the denouement of this work, I had almost forgotten what the killings were to which Fen had a solution. To enjoy the book, you have to be ready to read and savour each word and sentence, each oddity and peculiarity of phrasing, each offbeat person and way of putting things. When I have the time for it, I enjoy the style. When I just want to skim the surface, I get impatient. This is an author with a literary bent offering a 'hero' who is a literary figure. I doubt if many drawn to the rapid fire current style or the 'cozy', will find Fen a congenial companion in murder.
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