tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post4599497701759527806..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Humelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-61953831426818181852012-07-19T14:07:25.632+10:002012-07-19T14:07:25.632+10:00Thanks to the link to your review. I think we pret...Thanks to the link to your review. I think we pretty much agree on the book's merits. The only thing that really annoyed me was in the passage you quoted about the broiling hot day in July. I can't believe that. Even 100 years ago July was still the middle of winter. I do like his suggestion about Greek dress in summer, though. Very sensible.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-63514803919785472882012-07-19T14:04:12.649+10:002012-07-19T14:04:12.649+10:00Yes, I think there is a TV movie of it on the way....Yes, I think there is a TV movie of it on the way. The text reprint reminded me of it again so I've finally read it! I did enjoy the local references.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-73932687784531962232012-07-19T13:56:06.046+10:002012-07-19T13:56:06.046+10:00Isn't it amazing how many of the innovators of...Isn't it amazing how many of the innovators of the mystery wrote one good book & then nothing else of much interest? Mystery of a Motor Car just doesn't have the same ring to it! Your article on Piccadilly Puzzle & the review is fascinating. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-5560090381120083612012-07-19T08:35:24.540+10:002012-07-19T08:35:24.540+10:00I had just been in Melbourne before I read this bo...I had just been in Melbourne before I read this book and its settings were so resonant. I reviewed it here: http://bookforgetter.blogspot.fr/2012/06/review-mystery-of-hansom-cab.htmlbibliolathashttp://bookforgetter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-24852292085203912552012-07-19T07:09:02.421+10:002012-07-19T07:09:02.421+10:00I don't recall having heard of this book until...I don't recall having heard of this book until there was talk of a new movie or series that is being made for the ABC (I think). It sounds like a good read. There is something pretty special about reading a setting that you are familiar with!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-38555594014609945992012-07-19T05:22:09.229+10:002012-07-19T05:22:09.229+10:00Lyn, this argument applies to so many writers! I&...Lyn, this argument applies to so many writers! I'd love to expand the Golden Age canon, but it's hard to do so when the book are only available to genre collectors. I wrote the "Masters of the 'Humdrum' Mystery" in part to get information out on other writers of the period.<br /><br />On Hume, I think he is an interesting case. I did a piece on the first mystery he publsiehd after moving to England, the Piccadilly Puzzle. It's not nearly as good as Hansom Cab, but I had a lot of fun with a review attacking the book in the journal Zealandia and the story of what happened to the reviewer.<br /><br />http://thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2011/12/tale-of-mr-fergus-hume-and-mr-william.html<br /><br />By the way, twenty-some years later Hume belatedly tried to follow up Hansom Cab with a book called, as I recollect, The Mystery of a Motor Car!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com