Bruce Beckham's Blog, page 9
February 19, 2014
Morse v Lewis
'Do you think she's lying, Lewis?'
'I'm not so sure now.'
'Come off it man, when you're as old as I am you'll recognise a liar a mile off!'
Lewis remained doubtful: he was by several years the older man anyway.
I'm revisiting 'Last Bus To Woodstock' right now - mainly to look at technique - but this little exchange came as quite a shock to me. Lewis the older man!
This was the first Morse novel (1975), and the tv series began in 1987.
So now it makes me want to re-read one of Colin Dexter's later books - to see if he readjusted to mirror the casting in the tv screenplays. Poetic licence and all that!
'I'm not so sure now.'
'Come off it man, when you're as old as I am you'll recognise a liar a mile off!'
Lewis remained doubtful: he was by several years the older man anyway.
I'm revisiting 'Last Bus To Woodstock' right now - mainly to look at technique - but this little exchange came as quite a shock to me. Lewis the older man!
This was the first Morse novel (1975), and the tv series began in 1987.
So now it makes me want to re-read one of Colin Dexter's later books - to see if he readjusted to mirror the casting in the tv screenplays. Poetic licence and all that!
February 13, 2014
Sherlock
I'm reading 'The Complete Sherlock Holmes' at the moment. I love it. So many short stories I had never heard of.
I've been investigating the reviews on Amazon, and I wonder if Conan Doyle appreciated to what extent he had captured the 'soap' quality that continually draws an audience back - in this case to that little 'bubble' in Baker Street?
As one reviewer puts it: "I am tempted to compare this book to coming home on a frosty evening to a comfortable chair infront of a roaring log fire."
Certainly, the plots are unfathomable, and Holmes' reasoning beyond comprehension - so I guess it's the 'comfy chair' that does it for me.
I also wonder if Conan Doyle was on a bet to use the word 'singular' a thousand times in print!
I've been investigating the reviews on Amazon, and I wonder if Conan Doyle appreciated to what extent he had captured the 'soap' quality that continually draws an audience back - in this case to that little 'bubble' in Baker Street?
As one reviewer puts it: "I am tempted to compare this book to coming home on a frosty evening to a comfortable chair infront of a roaring log fire."
Certainly, the plots are unfathomable, and Holmes' reasoning beyond comprehension - so I guess it's the 'comfy chair' that does it for me.
I also wonder if Conan Doyle was on a bet to use the word 'singular' a thousand times in print!
