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Chargement... The Gay Phoenix (1976)par Michael Innes
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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. A lightweight effort by Michael Innes. Appleby investigates but just barely. The psychological aspect is really not all that interesting. The humour is mildly amusing. However, I learned that joss, as in in joss stick, is derived from the Latin word deus. The author uses the word "constatation" which is not even in my online dictionary. A constatation appears to be a statement of fact, as opposed to any number of kinds of speech which are intended to have an effect, e.g., a curse or a decree. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
When tycoon, Charles Povey, is killed in a bizarre boating accident, his corrupt, look-alike brother, Arthur, adopts his identity and his financial empire. But the charade becomes complicated when one of Charles's many mistresses sees through the guise and blackmails Arthur. Enter retired detective, Sir John Appleby? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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And that’s saying a lot. I’ve read three books this year with the plot line of this book:
Two people are in a fraught relationship. In isolated circumstances one is killed by accident. The other takes over the dead person’s identity, with more or less success. One of these books was also by Innes.
But this one is tops. It’s a fascinating exploration the psychology of personal identity. There’s not much mystery here, but there’s some suspense involved.
Highly recommended. ( )