gaudy night by Dorothy Sayers (mass market paperback)

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• Format: Unknown Binding
• ISBN: B01FGW80JE
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: avon
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Meet the nephew in the book, not in the movie.

This is a review of the audio version of the book. Ian Carmichael is one of the first Lord Peter Wimsey’s. There is a series of films with him as Wimsey, such as “Five Red Herrings”. He is a natural to be reading this recorded edition. My first encounter with Dorothy L. Sayers was the Mobile Mystery Theater series showing on PBS. Unfortunately, I did not realize that my video player was also a recorder until "Gaudy Night" was on Mystery Theater. In that sense, I was lucky to copy the complete three hours of "Gaudy Night." I now own the commercial DVD that came out in 2002. Naturally, the TV media cannot fill in all the details that you would pick up from reading the book, so I read the book. This added more depth and characters to the story. Dorothy not only fleshes her characters out, but her side trips into philosophy and psychology make the story that much more interesting. Just when you ask what the relevance is to this conversation, it is wrapped up in the final solution. It is too bad they do not make the unabridged recording of this book anymore, as the reader is Ian Carmichael, the first TV Lord Peter Wimsey. This is the third or fourth book series. Enough background information is given, however, to make this a stand-alone story. The notorious Harriet Vane is invited to a class reunion. She is looking forward to a quiet time with a better part of her history. Once there, she starts getting notes that carry negative connotations. The notes are pasted together from cut-out newspaper words. Soon, others are receiving the notes. The School authorities request Harriet to help get to the bottom of this. Circumstances eventually force her once more to go to Lord Peter Wimsey for help. I am oversimplifying the plot, but it is better to discover it for yourself. This is a top-star book.