![]() The eccentric Mr Bredon, with his ‘marvellous shirts’, silk socks, and ‘shoes from Rudge in the Arcade’, doesn’t quite fit the impoverished copywriter mould, but he soon establishes himself as an office favourite. New copywriter Mr Death Bredon ( ‘like Bertie Wooster in horn-rims’) joins London ad agency Pym’s Publicity, replacing a Mr Victor Dean who recently died in an apparently accidental fall downstairs. Frankly I do find much of her work smug, but this is a refreshing change. I like this book, largely because Sayers downplays the over-educated, over-moneyed, over-civilised aspects of her characters. ![]() It’s a Gollancz ‘cheap edition’, 21st impression from May 1953. ![]() ![]() I bought this unassuming edition for £2 from the excellent Dormouse Bookshop on Elm Hill, Norwich – where there is a great crime selection if you’re ever passing. ![]()
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