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The political discussions alone, echoing a half-century on our own current political situation, make Buried for Pleasure worth the price of admission and are also very funny. The odd moments from Cold Comfort Farm add to the charm, and the inn-owner's final comment again uncannily reflects a current political perspective. Add a couple of murders, a Woodrow Wilson-obsessed lunatic, various pairs of lovers, a poltergeist, and a "non-doing" pig, and you have an excellent read if a very penetrable mystery. Oh--I might as well warn you of a sometimes recondite vocabulary with which your Kindle dictionary resources are no help....


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Buried for Pleasure Pan Classic Crime Edmund Crispin 9780330373838 Books Reviews

Classic!
new experience- enjoyed
Always a great pleasure to read Crispin.
Of all Crispin's mysteries, I enjoyed this one the best.
Her case Fen is a most likeable Oxford don who rambles into an existing mysteries and almost casually drags the solution into the light; at the same time stumbling into his future unwanted career. A light hearted mystery with many satisfying surprises.
If you enjoy the zany erudition of Wodehouse, then you will thoroughly relish this installment of Edmund Crispin's Gervase Fen series. I won't bother to give a synopsis of the storyline, which has been very well covered by fellow reviewers. I will, however, go on record as admitting to being completely delighted with this novel. There is mystery, there's romance, there's a brief philosophical digression on just what is wrong with political zealotism - there is, pretty much, something for everyone. The parts which deal with the sideline romance read like a musical comedy from Hollywood's Golden Age, reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse. The style is unvaryingly light, with more than its fair share of eccentric characters peppering the story of the rather sobering mysteries supporting the edifice of the novel. Although it must be noted that there are parts where Fen qua Fen does not ring true (given that he is the cavalier driver of the Lily Christine II [lamentably absent in this episode], one would imagine he'd be more tolerant of the hapless evelknievelism of a fellow motorist.) What another reviewer has called "filler" is just the slow dance of character-driven mystery which readers of Fen & the earlier works of Elizabeth George enjoy. People who enjoy these types of mystery savor the gradual unfolding of characterization as much as the resolution of a good whodunit.
not only does he have a sense of humor, I found myself looking up words every few pages....beautifully written!
The political discussions alone, echoing a half-century on our own current political situation, make Buried for Pleasure worth the price of admission and are also very funny. The odd moments from Cold Comfort Farm add to the charm, and the inn-owner's final comment again uncannily reflects a current political perspective. Add a couple of murders, a Woodrow Wilson-obsessed lunatic, various pairs of lovers, a poltergeist, and a "non-doing" pig, and you have an excellent read if a very penetrable mystery. Oh--I might as well warn you of a sometimes recondite vocabulary with which your dictionary resources are no help....