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Chargement... Salt is Leaving (1966)par J. B. Priestley
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Priestley is back in his Inspector Calls mode again, with an avenging fury in human form probing a corrupt society that disregards the welfare of victimized young women of the working class. The Holmes is a doctor named Salt, fed up with a crummy industrial burg in the midlands and yearning to get back to Penang. The Watson is a bookseller named Maggie, who is vaguely interested in the fate of her missing father and utterly interested in her case of body dysmorphia. Lumbering attempts at humor interlard flaccid episodes where teddy boys menace the sleuths, rich people throw their weight around and police superintendents make fools of themselves. The grammar is correct and the events are related in a roughly sequential manner. So much for the merits. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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' A] formidable exercise, distinguished by Priestley's undiminished gusto for storytelling.' - "New York Times Book Review" ' A] most satisfactory suspense story. It has the advantage of being different and witty and full of the kind of observation that will delight many.' - "Best Sellers" ' A] cosy, old-fashioned detective story.' - Francis Iles, "Guardian" ' C]omfortably old-fashioned novels are hard to come by these days. Good old Priestley has written a good old book.' - "The Critic" ' T]his is an enjoyable story, with plenty of moral social comment.' - "Times Literary Supplement" 'In "Salt is Leaving" Priestley offers the best of the detective genre. It is almost a classic yet it has a zip and freshness that sets it apart.' - "Victoria Advocate" Dr Salt is leaving the dismal and depressing town of Birkden, and his departure can't come soon enough. Recently widowed and newly retired from the practice of medicine, Salt looks forward to starting a new life in a sunnier clime. But before he can go, he must solve the mystery of the disappearance of one of his patients, Noreen Wilks, a young woman in urgent need of a life-saving drug. Believing she's just a flighty young person who has run away, the police refuse to investigate, but Salt has reason to suspect foul play. Joining forces with Maggie Culworth, whose father has also inexplicably vanished, Salt must contend with powerful forces desperate to conceal the truth as he follows the clues towards a shocking and macabre conclusion. The only detective story by the prolific playwright and novelist J. B. Priestley (1894-1984), "Salt is Leaving" (1966) was originally written for the author's own amusement but has gone on to be recognized as a classic of the mystery genre. This edition features a new introduction by Mark Mason. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Un libro bastante entretenido de leer, de buen ritmo, que va atrapando de a poco y con personajes bien desarrollados, los cuales emprenden la búsqueda de dos personas desaparecidas y sin vínculo aparente entre ellos, pero que cuya trama los va uniendo de a poco, lo que lleva a los protagonistas a llevar una investigación.
Sin embargo, el libro decae mucho al final. El desenlace es medio débil en comparación a cómo se desenvuelve la trama y deja una sensación rara al final por lo flojo del término. Eso le quita valor a un libro que tenía rasgos como de película y que les da a los personajes tintes bien británicos en el humor. Un buen libro policial de misterio para pasar el rato. ( )