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Alan Bradley is brilliant at telling a good story. Great pacing, great characters, and a sense of place that is lyrical and nostaligic without cloying in the least. His books satisfy me in the way that Dorothy Sayers books do. ( ![]() This was a more satisfying ending that the first Flavia novel and more great fun as the 11 year old protagonist again uses her wits to get even with her sisters, solve a murder and describe in detail the 1950's small village life. Re-read first read 2011, listen to the audiobook for this "re-read", Jayne Entwistle does an amazing job as the narrator. Character List Alan Bradley - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce #2) setting village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia de Luce braces and pigtails like a typical 11-year-old girl, chemist Gladys - her bicycle, Ophelia de Luce (17) Daphne de Luce (13) Dogger, Arthur Wellesley loyal retainer Mrs. Mullet housekeeper and cook Alf, her husband Inspector Hewitt Colonel de Luce a philatelist and former amateur illusionist Harriet de Luce wife mother a free spirit who disappeared on a mountaineering adventure in Tibet 10 years earlier and is presumed dead. Rupert Porson, as in Snoddy the Squirrel--The Magic Kingdom- PORSON'S PUPPETS alf was caged in a heavy iron brace. Nialla red head But you can call me Mother Goose. Rupert's assistant Canon Denwyn Richardson was not anyone's image of a typical village vicar. He was large and bluff Cynthia Richardson - wife and vicars assistant Inglebys, Gordon and Grace, owned Culverhouse Farm morose individuals who kept mostly to themselves. Gordon Ingleby was an avid pigeon fancier, son Robin Ingleby had been found hanging. "Mad Meg's picks up empty tins, rather like a magpie. Mrs. Witty ballet teacher Dieter Schrantz works for Inglebys Sally Straw, a member of the Women's Land Army Clarence Mundy sat waiting, perched on one of the wings of his taxicab, Aunt Felicity. Tom Batts the postman Mutt Wilmott, Rupert's producer at BBC Constable Linnet Detective Sergeant Woolmer with his plate camera Detective Sergeant Graves Dr. Darby Ned Cropper went to show with Mary, does chores for Tully Stoker at the Thirteen Drakes Mr. Sowbell undertaker Aurelia & Lavinia Puddock - owners St. Nicholas Tea Room Mother Shipton's prophecies were in doggerel verse https://www.goodreads.com/series/46160-flavia-de-luce Liked it. Flavia has moments of enjoyable cussedness. Her command of chemistry/poisons is surprisingly convincingly drawn. Will look for the first one now. Another delightful outing of the precocious 11 yr old Flavia de Luce. She's as smart as an Oxford chemistry graduate and sneaky to match, wheedling her way into almost any situation with ease. A charming read. Adult mystery; country village in 1950 Britain. I'd originally read this in the hardcover format (10 years ago!) but decided to go back and hear the audio--I always get a kick out of the narration by [a:Jayne Entwistle|2894215|Jayne Entwistle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1431261697p2/2894215.jpg]. It turns out I'd forgotten nearly all of the story, so it's just as well to revisit.
The secret of the novel’s charm involves the way in which Flavia teeters on the border between precocity and childishness, spouting faux-cynical epithets that result from the fact that her intellectual gifts far outpace her emotional capacity. All in all, it’s a perfectly detailed and credible English village in the Agatha Christie manner, inhabited by people you can believe in and sympathize with. Pertany a aquestes sèriesFlavia de Luce (2) Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsblanvalet (37825)
Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, sets out to solve the murder of a beloved puppeteer. All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can't solve--without Flavia's help. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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