tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post2740987648144588360..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Endless Waltz TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-83743889305981095962017-01-27T11:58:53.165+01:002017-01-27T11:58:53.165+01:00Aaaahhh, you people and your "Well I can just...Aaaahhh, you people and your "Well I can just buy a book online and then that's all I need so I stop" attitude. Don't you understand that virtually every book is available online and that some of us -- not me, obviously, I'm a paradigm of resistance -- find it a slippery slope of Just One More and then tumble headfirst into financial ruination?<br /><br />I mean, I'd obviously love to just go online and buy book after book after book withough stopping, not that I have some kind of compulsion or inability to stop that has caught me out before. No, once again, that's not me. I just...don't have any accepted curreny, that's all. I stockpiled drachmas before the formation of the European Union and now I can't buy anything at all, and definitely not books online with a credit card.JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinvisibleevent.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-34654516718052157322017-01-26T21:46:03.449+01:002017-01-26T21:46:03.449+01:00That was definitely not a part of the story. So, n...That was definitely not a part of the story. So, no, you didn't spoil anything about the book. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-48471308979231194372017-01-26T19:10:06.281+01:002017-01-26T19:10:06.281+01:00I saw the Bridget Bardot movie (Voulez Vous Danser...I saw the Bridget Bardot movie (Voulez Vous Danser Avec Moi?) based on this novel and thought the locked room bit very easy to figure out. But there was an intriguing gay element in the movie that was a mixture of funny and utterly embarrassing since it all dealt with matronly drag queens. Is that in the book? Oops.... did I spoil something by saying that? Feel free to delete the comment if I did.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-52368513627389445642017-01-26T12:59:04.723+01:002017-01-26T12:59:04.723+01:00Plot-wise, the books become less sophisticated aft...Plot-wise, the books become less sophisticated after the 1940s. <i>The Blonde Died Dancing</i> and <i>Requiem for a Blonde</i> are very minor affairs compared to their earlier works, but they still retained their energetic, high spirited humor and they tried to return to their earlier style with <i>One False Move</i> - which marked the return of Jeff and Haila Troy. However, the plot shows William and Audrey Roos had been mainly writing suspense and thriller novels at that point in their career (i.e. mid-1960s). TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-7657279418703137162017-01-26T12:48:46.269+01:002017-01-26T12:48:46.269+01:00So no more excuses, JJ. Go buy and read Roos! So no more excuses, JJ. Go buy and read Roos! TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-55229162518545158982017-01-25T19:27:58.606+01:002017-01-25T19:27:58.606+01:00Thanks for this review. It is a novel I've bee...Thanks for this review. It is a novel I've been aware of, but not known much about. Only read early Roo work so it's interesting to see which direction their later work took.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-4311385560778024822017-01-25T19:26:43.727+01:002017-01-25T19:26:43.727+01:00unless the mortals do online book buying then it i...unless the mortals do online book buying then it is possible to get one under £10. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-80873775307330311552017-01-25T16:27:32.275+01:002017-01-25T16:27:32.275+01:00Aaaah, dammit -- another fun Roos novel that we mo...Aaaah, dammit -- another fun Roos novel that we mortals don't get to read...JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinsivibleevent.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com