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Dorothy L. Sayers is probably my favourite mystery writer from the Golden Age, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The setting was a rural village in the Fens and the mystery centred around the church and its bells, with a body being found in a grave in the churchyard and Lord Peter Wimsey investigating. There is a cast of interesting characters from the hardworking villagers - sometimes played for humour but at other times playing a tragic and touching role - to the vicar, his wife and the daug
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The one about the bells...
So, people have lots of interesting and not-so-interesting hobbies. I had to watch a YouTube video about change ringing to get a very slight understanding about what was going on because before this book I honestly had no idea ringing a bell could be so damned complicated. So cheers to Sayers for not only embracing this slightly odd hobby, but making it a central part of the culture of her book. And for me, Sayers is all about the culture, even more than the mystery. H ...more
So, people have lots of interesting and not-so-interesting hobbies. I had to watch a YouTube video about change ringing to get a very slight understanding about what was going on because before this book I honestly had no idea ringing a bell could be so damned complicated. So cheers to Sayers for not only embracing this slightly odd hobby, but making it a central part of the culture of her book. And for me, Sayers is all about the culture, even more than the mystery. H ...more
Jul 02, 2016
Susan
marked it as to-read
