tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post2681501736724509517..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: The Weird World of Wes Beattie - John Norman HarrisJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-83933450195773345012018-06-07T15:43:33.792-05:002018-06-07T15:43:33.792-05:00Until Blogger fixes the email gaffe in the comment...Until Blogger fixes the email gaffe in the comment moderation option I went back to allowing everything. It'll be fun trying to keep up with all the trolls, spammers and other assholes. Amid the calm and civility of the past year and a half my delete finger was suffering from withdrawal symptoms. Can't wait to back into action!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-60905994480994201552018-06-07T04:59:48.646-05:002018-06-07T04:59:48.646-05:00Just testing to see whether you have removed the c...Just testing to see whether you have removed the comment approval restriction ! �� Santosh Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555001344865957852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-21917015929206812572018-06-03T13:41:41.732-05:002018-06-03T13:41:41.732-05:00Felony & Mayhem's a great site. I just ord...Felony & Mayhem's a great site. I just ordered the Kindle version. Many thanks, John!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-42148925810243002462018-06-03T10:25:09.396-05:002018-06-03T10:25:09.396-05:00It is available as an eBook! Two types, in fact, a...It is available as an eBook! Two types, in fact, and one is for Kindle. But you have to go to the Felony & Mayhem website. Don’t know why the Kindle versions aren’t being sold on Amazon. I've added a link in the EASY TO FIND? section above to make it easier for everyone.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-43039755293691526232018-06-03T04:28:42.672-05:002018-06-03T04:28:42.672-05:00Brilliant idea for a plot! I wish to hell this boo...Brilliant idea for a plot! I wish to hell this book was in e-format, as my aging eyes go out of focus easily reading small book print. It might be worth it, but it would take me a month to get thru this book, fascinating tho it sounds to be. Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-28267480824067360062018-06-02T15:50:29.694-05:002018-06-02T15:50:29.694-05:00I wasn't sure I was going to like this one. In...I wasn't sure I was going to like this one. In the first three chapters it wasn't as funny as promised. But then when Sidney meets June everything changes.<br /> <br />You're absolutely right about not wanting to part with my copy. I'm glad that the other Sidney Grant book was reprinted. I'm looking forward to reading about Sidney and June again.<br /><br />NON SEQUITAR TIDBIT: On the front flap of my Us edition there is a blurb from P.G. Wodehouse who says how much he enjoyed the book followed by this statement: "Irene is a great character." Irene appears in one scene, about five pages, and is never heard from again. She is the wife of a coal mining executive and as dull as dishwater. Wodehouse clearly mixed up Irene and June (who is indeed not just a great character but a FABULOUS one) in his aging brain. He was 82 in 1963 so it's understandable.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-50659047148684819692018-06-02T14:17:15.359-05:002018-06-02T14:17:15.359-05:00John, does it say something that I didn't lear...John, does it say something that I didn't learn <i>The Weird World of Wes Beattie</i> was "the first truly Canadian mystery" until your review?<br /><br />Not really. As you point out, there were Canadian mysteries before Harris.<br /><br />I suppose "truly" might be a keyword. The vast majority of Allen and Packard mysteries are set in Europe and the United States, though they each wrote one with a Canadian setting. Sanderson was a transplanted Brit. Might that why his Mike Garfin mysteries don't count? What of Margaret Millar's early novels? Or those of Frances Shelley Wees? Or E. Louise Cushing? Or Jane Layhew? Or Joy Brown?<br /><br />I could name a dozen others off the top of my head, but your post had me thinking most of Charles Ross Graham (David Montrose), who also worked for a bank... and also died much too young.<br /><br />Hunting through used bookstores in Ontario and Quebec these past ten or so years, I've kept an eye out for books by John Norman Harris. To date, the only one I've managed to find is <i>Knights of the Air</i>.<br /><br />I like to think that no one wants to part with their copy of <i>The Weird World of Wes Beattie</i>.<br /><br />Your review makes me think this might very well be the case.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com