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Just read this aloud to my kids. Probably the tenth time I've read it, myself. I don't know what it is, but the story of Dickory and Garson, two haunted people, distracting themselves with strange police cases and art . . . there's just something about it. I don't think it's as "good," from a technical standpoint, as The Westing Game, but I think it might be my favorite Raskin book.
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Jan 16, 2011
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How observant are you? That's the question Garson asks of the unfortunately named Dickory Dock, his new assistant. Garson's a painter - somewhat slick, not particularly insightful - who owns a townhouse in Greenwich Village. Soon after Dickory starts, Garson moves to the top two floors, leaving the ground floor to Manny Mallomar and Shrimps Marinara, and Isaac, the disfigured deaf-mute.
Dickory's life becomes more complicated when Inspector Quinn asks Garson's help solving a mystery... and then a ...more
Dickory's life becomes more complicated when Inspector Quinn asks Garson's help solving a mystery... and then a ...more
Just the sort of interesting and intelligent silliness I think my husband would like.
Raskin must have been channelling Harry Stephen Keeler when she wrote this.
Another fun, slightly melancholy puzzle-mystery by Raskin. The part that has always stuck with me is when Garson trains Dickory to identify in all his studio guests the one characteristic they cannot conceal, that will always signal their true identity. I think I was a little too young for the complexity of this book when I read it (a hundred times), and would like to revisit it again. Hopefully my old copy is somewhere safe, as the book is now, sadly, out of print.
THE WESTING GAME is one of my all-time favorite books, and I've been looking for this title for years....I know I'll read it tomorrow.
Well, it was no THE WESTING GAME or FIGGS AND PHANTOMS, but it's Raskin, so it is still better-than-average kidlit. The mysteries weren't ones that children could try to figure out themselves, and only Dickory Dock was a fully fleshed-out character. ...more
Well, it was no THE WESTING GAME or FIGGS AND PHANTOMS, but it's Raskin, so it is still better-than-average kidlit. The mysteries weren't ones that children could try to figure out themselves, and only Dickory Dock was a fully fleshed-out character. ...more
Dickory Dock takes a job as an assistant to Garson, a reclusive artist with a mysterious past. Together they use their skills of observation to solve several unusual mysteries. But the biggest mystery of all is - who is Garson?
Strange, witty, and funny! I wish this book would come back in print.
Strange, witty, and funny! I wish this book would come back in print.
Jul 19, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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Apr 18, 2011
Sharon
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Emily
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