tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post1479907492960142165..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: The Lonely Patience of Kevin MarlowBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-52265918271689152662014-02-23T15:45:23.571-05:002014-02-23T15:45:23.571-05:00Thank you, Kelly. Must say, I feel I've spared...Thank you, Kelly. Must say, I feel I've spared everyone from the worst of Cocking's writing. If anything, <i>High Tide is at Midnight</i> is less exciting than I've made it out to be. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-53560494079732525352014-02-23T13:37:00.539-05:002014-02-23T13:37:00.539-05:00You've certainly managed to come up with an in...You've certainly managed to come up with an interesting review considering the dullness of the book's main character. Well done.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-52671127359719573782014-02-18T09:04:57.879-05:002014-02-18T09:04:57.879-05:00I'm afraid my collection holds just two Hurst ...I'm afraid my collection holds just two Hurst & Blackett books, both by Ronald Cocking, both bought while under the influence of the opening pages of his <a href="http://brianbusby.blogspot.ca/2013/01/dope-rings-in-canada-oh-my.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Die With Me, Lady</i></a>.<br /><br />I may get in trouble in claiming Frances Shelley Wees for Canada. She was American-born, but lived most her life north of the border. Canada's Early Women Writers has <a href="http://content.lib.sfu.ca/cdm/singleitem/collection/ceww/id/277" rel="nofollow">a very thorough entry</a> on Wees.<br /><br />I haven't read Wees myself - never come across her books, though I did pick up an obscurity last year: <i>The Pattern for Life</i> which was published as a Star Weekly Complete Novel in December 1955… and, it appears, never again.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-40325338701858211832014-02-17T11:59:18.760-05:002014-02-17T11:59:18.760-05:00Hurst & Blackett is a troublesome publisher fo...Hurst & Blackett is a troublesome publisher for *any* title in the used book market. I've been looking for several titles from that publisher for decades and nothing has turned up anywhere.<br /><br />Frances Shelley Wees was Canadian? She's one of the obscure writers published by the Mystery League imprint back inthe 1930s. Have you read that one -- <i>The Maestro Murders.</i> I have all of those titles, but most of them are so dreadful I gave up reading them years ago.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com