tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post3537358474953818330..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Fade to BlackTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-83331112806858113352013-09-13T14:26:33.061+02:002013-09-13T14:26:33.061+02:00Speaking of which, I'm going to be reviewing a...Speaking of which, I'm going to be reviewing a Ferrars next week. When she was alive, she was quite popular on both sides of the Atlantic, a lending library staple for decades. She did introduce additional series characters in the 1980s, Andrew Basnett and Virginia and Felix Freer. She was very prolific and wrote a lot of mediocre books, but there are some very good ones too.<br /><br />I agree with TomCat about this one: very, very talky. Ferrars books usually are, but this one is even more so. I found it rather dull, though as TomCat indicates, one can make the case for some historical significance for it.The Passing Tramphttp://thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-4938092138415174022013-08-31T16:13:17.280+02:002013-08-31T16:13:17.280+02:00I don't see any connection between Jonas P. Jo...I don't see any connection between Jonas P. Jonas and the humorist Jerome K. Jerome except in the form of the name. The Passing Tramp did a review of the book, available on line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-23612120898982527382013-08-31T12:48:56.242+02:002013-08-31T12:48:56.242+02:00My knowledge of Ferrar's work is pretty much l...My knowledge of Ferrar's work is pretty much limited to this one book and her Wiki entrance, but it's possible, I guess. Maybe one of the more scholary readers among us can answer this question. <br /><br />We need a Bat-Signal to let Curt or John know their inside is needed. :) TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-45471047200387440982013-08-31T03:32:14.611+02:002013-08-31T03:32:14.611+02:00I wonder if Jonas P. Jonas was inspired in any way...I wonder if Jonas P. Jonas was inspired in any way by Jerome K. Jerome?Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-49024791980228150622013-08-30T10:48:46.124+02:002013-08-30T10:48:46.124+02:00The third novel in three-decker book-club edition ...The third novel in three-decker book-club edition is a good description. Ferrars seems like one of those writers that fans are aware of, but rare actually read. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-17517522637459492912013-08-30T10:31:34.248+02:002013-08-30T10:31:34.248+02:00I'm not saving anyone. There just wasn't a...I'm not saving anyone. There just wasn't any steaminess to pass around. Trust me, I'm not keeping any of the steam for myself. ;) The book consists mainly of conservations and if you pay attention to them, you'll discover that people tend to have sex with each other. Who knew, right? <i>Midsomer Murders</i> had steamier stories than this. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-12889171864083332182013-08-30T09:04:03.216+02:002013-08-30T09:04:03.216+02:00Never read this one TC though Feraras was a popula...Never read this one TC though Feraras was a popular enough author in Italy to get reprinted fairly frequently when I was growing up (way back when) - you don't give a lot of evidence of the -so-called steaminess of this book though :) - no need to save our blushes mate!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-49496502403341634072013-08-29T23:52:25.086+02:002013-08-29T23:52:25.086+02:00It is interesting to see a writer who spanned the ...It is interesting to see a writer who spanned the period of time from the Golden Age to almost the dawn of the 21st century, and yet who has very little reputation at all. She is like the third novel in a three-decker Detective Book Club edition that you somehow never get around to reading. Crippen and Landru published a volume of her short stories entitled The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas last year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com