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Adrian Alington (1895–1958)

Auteur de The Amazing Test Match Crime

13+ oeuvres 42 utilisateurs 1 Critiques

Œuvres de Adrian Alington

The Amazing Test Match Crime (1984) 20 exemplaires
The Vanishing Celebrities (1938) 5 exemplaires
Beginnings (1935) 3 exemplaires
The career of Julian Stanley-Williams (1931) 2 exemplaires
Slowbags and Arethusa,: A romance (1930) 2 exemplaires
Donaldson (Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors) (1936) 2 exemplaires
Ann & Aurelia (1934) 2 exemplaires
HIS EXCELLENCY: A Novel Basded on the Play By Dorothy & Campbell Christie (1951) 1 exemplaire
Mr. Jubenka (1932) 1 exemplaire
Those Kids from Town Again (Bloomsbury Reader) (2011) 1 exemplaire
Moss is the Stuff (1938) 1 exemplaire
Fint folk borta 1 exemplaire
Waiting for Joanna, a novel 1 exemplaire
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Nom légal
Alington, Adrian Richard
Date de naissance
1895-04-19
Date de décès
1958-10-30
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Lieu de naissance
Oxford, UK
Lieu du décès
Surrey, England, UK

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The Amazing Test Match Crime par Adrian Alington
This is a quick, light read that would probably appeal to lovers of quirky, period stories with a 'P G Wodehouse meets the Comic Strip' vibe but it doesn't quite reach the comedic heights that might suggest.
Set around a master criminal's plot to bring down the 'Empire' via a cricket match it has cardboard 2D characters and a limited plot but it does have a crazy nostalgic charm to it that raises some smiles.

If you love cricket and want a short, funny story it might be worth reading but it won't live long in the memory. It lacks depth and the crime element has no tension or mystery to it which I found disappointing as I was thinking it might be more Agatha Raisin meets cricket-style.

Received from Netgalley and the publisher for an honest review.… (plus d'informations)
 
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arkgirl1 | Sep 6, 2014 |
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Membres
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Popularité
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Évaluation
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