John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
Auteur de Les exploits de Sherlock Holmes
A propos de l'auteur
John Dickson Carr, the master of locked room mysteries, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. He was educated at Haverford College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Carr is a prolific writer with more than 80 novels and collections of short stories to his credit. He began his writing career at the afficher plus age of 26 with his first published novel, It Walks At Night. Some of his most popular works are The Three Coffins (1935), The Burning Coat (1937), and The Bride of Newgate (1951). Carr also collaborated with Adrian Doyle, the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954). Carr met his wife in 1932 and settled in England in 1933. He was drafted by the United States military in World War II, and was ordered to remain in England and work with the BBC. He lived in many cities throughout the world until 1967, when he permanently moved to Greenville, South Carolina. John Dickson Carr also wrote mystery novels under the name Carter Dickson. He died in Greenville in 1977. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de John Dickson Carr
The Third Bullet 56 exemplaires
Dr. Fell Mysteries: To Wake the Dead/The Blind Barber/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1988) 45 exemplaires
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries: The Plague Court Murders / The Red Widow Murders (1935) 37 exemplaires
Locked Rooms: The Three Coffins / To Wake the Dead / The Skeleton in the Clock (1975) 37 exemplaires
A John Dickson Carr Trio: The Three Coffins/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1957) 31 exemplaires
The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One: The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead (2018) 7 exemplaires
The Bowstring Murders | The White Priory Murders | The Red Widow Murders | The Peacock Feather Murders (1961) 6 exemplaires
Gideon Fell - There is No Perfect Crime: The Black Spectacles/Till Death Do Us Part/He Who Whispers/The Sleeping Sphinx (1976) 5 exemplaires
The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem 4 exemplaires
Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection: Eight Full-Cast Crime Dramas from the Golden Age of Detective… (2021) 3 exemplaires
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus: Hag's Nook/The Mad Hatter Mystery/The Eight of Swords (2000) 3 exemplaires
カー短篇集. 3 3 exemplaires
カー短篇集. 2 3 exemplaires
カー短篇集. 1 3 exemplaires
Inspector Silence Takes the Underground: A Radio Play 3 exemplaires
Poison in Jest | The Bowstring Murders | The Burning Court | The Problem of the Wire Cage | The Emperor's Snuff-Box |… (2003) 2 exemplaires
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — Directeur de publication — 2 exemplaires
Un colpo di fucile (Dr. Gideon Fell #15) 2 exemplaires
Secret Radio 2 exemplaires
The Other Hangman [Short Story] 2 exemplaires
O CRIME DAS MIL E UMA NOITES 1 exemplaire
New Murders for Old [short story] 1 exemplaire
La coppa del cavaliere 1 exemplaire
OS TRÊS ATAÚDES 1 exemplaire
The Crime In Nobody's Room 1 exemplaire
Fantasma in mare 1 exemplaire
Persons or Things Unknown [Short Story] 1 exemplaire
Lettore, in guardia! (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) 1 exemplaire
I delitti della camera chiusa, 2 1 exemplaire
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 exemplaire
She Died a Lady | He Wouldn't Kill Patience | It Walks By Night | The Gilded Man | A Graveyard to Let 1 exemplaire
Books Inc. 1 exemplaire
PATRICK BUTLER POR LA DEFENSA 1 exemplaire
O Enigma da Virgem de Ferro Livro 41 1 exemplaire
Il mistero di Muriel 1 exemplaire
Terrore sul Ponte di Londra 1 exemplaire
Triple Detective: Poison in Jest/About the Murder of Geraldine Foster/Pop Goes the Queen 1 exemplaire
Gideon Fell 1 exemplaire
Arthur Conan Doyle. Life and Work 1 exemplaire
The Wrong Problem 1 exemplaire
The Silver Curtain [short story] 1 exemplaire
Ocho espadas 1 exemplaire
The One Real Horror [short story] 1 exemplaire
Death by Invisible Hands 1 exemplaire
Strictly Diplomatic [Short Story] 1 exemplaire
The Proverbial Murder [short story] 1 exemplaire
Five Impossible Crimes for Gideon Fell: Hag's Nook/Arabian Nights Murder/Below Suspicion/"Wrong Problem"/"The… 1 exemplaire
The Grandest Game in the World: A Brilliant Critique 1 exemplaire
The Incautious Burglar [Short Story] 1 exemplaire
Oscura sospecha 1 exemplaire
HR.0.4. Murder in Number Four • FREE E-BOOK • 1 exemplaire
El que susurra 1 exemplaire
Svart sanbat 1 exemplaire
O ENIGMA DA CRIPTA 1 exemplaire
O CASO DO COCHE FANTASMA 1 exemplaire
Mürgitavad naljaviluks : [romaan] 1 exemplaire
The House in Goblin Wood 1 exemplaire
Rare John Dickson Carr / The Third Bullet and Other Stories of Detection 1st ed 1954 [Hardcover] Carr, John Dickson 1 exemplaire
The Murder in Number Four [short story] 1 exemplaire
I delitti del diavolo: Il diavolo vestito di velluto, Il gentiluomo di Parigi, Chi di spada ferisce... 1 exemplaire
An Arthur Conan Doyle moment for the occasion... 1 exemplaire
Mediodía de espectros 1 exemplaire
El codo de Satanás 1 exemplaire
℗Un ℗colpo di fucile: La *sfinge dormiente 1 exemplaire
Il-Kastell Ras ta' Mewt 1 exemplaire
Mitt första mord : en samling detektivhistorier 1 exemplaire
Cloak and Dagger — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Novelas escogidas 1 exemplaire
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Contributeur — 526 exemplaires
Le Gouffre Maracot (ou Le Monde perdu sous la mer) (1929) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 214 exemplaires
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contributeur — 198 exemplaires
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contributeur; Contributeur — 137 exemplaires
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Contributeur — 120 exemplaires
101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (1941) — Contributeur — 103 exemplaires
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Contributeur — 49 exemplaires
Murder Impossible: An Extravaganza of Miraculous Murders Fantastic Felonies & Incredible Criminals (1990) — Contributeur — 32 exemplaires
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Contributeur — 32 exemplaires
The Poison Belt: Together with The Disintegration Machine and When The World Screamed (1964) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 30 exemplaires
All but Impossible! An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of… (1981) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Contributeur — 24 exemplaires
Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers (1989) — Contributeur — 17 exemplaires
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Nieuwe verhalen die Hitchcock koos — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Detective Omnibus — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Detective-verhalen — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Detective-omnibus — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Waxworks Murder | A Gun to Play With | An Air That Kills — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y (1965) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Sherlock Holmes - volume 2 : La Vallée de la peur ; Le Chien des Baskerville ; Les Archives de Sherlock Holmes ; Son… — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Club del Misterio volum 10 -Conferencia sobre la habitación cerrada- (1982) — Introduction — 1 exemplaire
Bedrooms Have Windows | Ninth Life | The Door to Doom — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Carr, John Dickson
- Autres noms
- Dickson, Carter
Dickson, Carr
Fairbairn, Roger - Date de naissance
- 1906-11-30
- Date de décès
- 1977-02-27
- Lieu de sépulture
- Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- England, UK
Greenville, South Carolina, USA (death)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA (birth) - Études
- Haverford College
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Professions
- novelist
short-story writer - Organisations
- Baker Street Irregulars
Detection Club (Britain) - Prix et distinctions
- MWA Grand Master (1963)
Ellery Queen prize (for short stories)
Membres
Discussions
Exploits of Sherlock Holmes à Combiners! (Février 2023)
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 195
- Aussi par
- 137
- Membres
- 16,529
- Popularité
- #1,373
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 355
- ISBN
- 829
- Langues
- 18
- Favoris
- 37
Review of The Murder Room eBook (November 19, 2012) of the Harper and Brothers hardcover original (October 1, 1934)
The Blind Barber is a particularly weak entry for the Dr. Gideon Fell series and hopefully a one-off with its reliance on drunken comic antics. Dr. Fell is approached at home by his friend, the writer Henry (Hank) Morgan who was a passenger on the Queen Victoria cruise liner due to dock at Southampton after its journey from New York City. Morgan has managed to get ashore ahead of time via a smaller crew vessel as the larger ship awaits a docking berth.
Morgan relates a tale of how he and a group of friends had got themselves mixed-up in the middle of a jewelry heist and then found a body apparently murdered by a cutthroat razor (the single brief tie-in to the title) but when bringing it to the attention of the ship's authorities they found that the body had disappeared. Enormous amounts of alcohol are consumed throughout, adding to the befuddlement of the characters. There were various other irritations such as having 3 characters deliver their dialogue in fake accented dialogue: a Norwegian, a Scot and an Italian.
What might be funny in small doses becomes insufferable when used several dozen times.
There are also extended fake French language passages, usually involving ranting about the alcohol intake.
The front cover of the original 1934 Harper and Brothers hardcover. Image sourced from Goodreads.
To top it off, there are artefacts which demonstrate that a sloppy proofread / copy edit of the text scan was done to produce the eBook edition. Various scan typos were not fixed, even some that should have been caught by spellcheck such as the word: "endorsemHnt" (sic).
Dr. Fell is able to explain it all of course and even to cable a message to the authorities to have the culprit arrested upon docking. Overall, there was too little deduction, even though Fell lists 16 clues which point to the villain during the course of the story-telling. Disappointingly, I thought the bad 'un was apparent fairly early on, unlike most John Dickson Carr books which usually involve confusing puzzles in the so-called "locked room" sub-genre.
Avoid this one, even if you are a Dr. Fell or John Dickson Carr completist.
Bonus Track
Even among the dregs and the dross, I thought this one passage describing inebriation 🥴😵 was rather good:
Trivia and Links
John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) is one of the 99 authors listed in The Book of Forgotten Authors>/i> (2017) by Christopher Fowler. He is No. 20 in the alphabetical listing which you can see towards the bottom of my review here.
John Dickson Carr took the inspiration for Dr. Gideon Fell's appearance from that of author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), writer of the Father Brown mysteries and other works.
See photograph at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gilbert_Chesterton.jpg...
Photograph of G.K. Chesterton. Image sourced from Wikipedia.
The source of the name Dr. Fell is apparently from the apocryphal epigram:
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