tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post895081689360368875..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: The Double Death of Frédéric Belot - Claude AvelineJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-78071552984376146132012-11-17T23:24:15.911-06:002012-11-17T23:24:15.911-06:00I love mysteries with diagrams. It makes them seem...I love mysteries with diagrams. It makes them seem more real. In actual criminal cases there are almost always diagrams.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-1607542592517468362012-11-16T16:16:14.649-06:002012-11-16T16:16:14.649-06:00I actually considered ordering this one later this...I actually considered ordering this one later this month, but having read your review, I might succumb to temptation before my outstanding orders have arrived. You devil, you! :( TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-8220969384436713662012-11-16T13:22:14.614-06:002012-11-16T13:22:14.614-06:00Yes, I agree, John, a very sad end!
I have not rea...Yes, I agree, John, a very sad end!<br />I have not read the other book you mention, but I remember one by Bill Pronzini, Bones, which had a final far from cheerful. Maybe not sad, but not happy. Rather deeply human.<br />Pietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-55370452695178438242012-11-16T11:44:30.801-06:002012-11-16T11:44:30.801-06:00Interesting to see the bilingual David McKay editi...Interesting to see the bilingual David McKay edition. Last week's FFB post by Sergio reminded me that I'd read Simenon's <i>Le Chien jaune</i> (<i>The Yellow Dog</i>) in a high school French class, now your post reminds me that consulting the English translation was strongly discouraged. Rumour was that our teacher had had <i>The Yellow Dog</i> pulled from our high school library - though I'd bet it was never there in the first place.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-29566262681362906572012-11-16T09:20:41.457-06:002012-11-16T09:20:41.457-06:00This came out one year after Simenon's explosi...This came out one year after Simenon's explosion of first books, eight in 1931 alone. I'm sure Aveline took his lead from Simenon. I'd love to read a real biography of Aveline. Judging from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Aveline" rel="nofollow"> his Wikipedia page</a> (not all that reliable, you know) he was a fascinating man: a friend of so many renowned writers, a pioneer in French publishing, a real man of letters. A French blog reveiwed a French reissue of <i>Double Death...</i> and mentions Aveline's introduction to that edition in which he gives a lot of background of how and why the book came to be written. However, I've been unable to learn the publisher and date so tracking it down will be difficult. I'd very much like to read the intro.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-6278683298523451802012-11-16T09:02:11.860-06:002012-11-16T09:02:11.860-06:00I look forward to reading the English version of y...I look forward to reading the English version of your review, Pietro. I was really moved by this book. That doesn't happen often with me when reading a detective novel. Only Roger East's <i>Candidate for Lilies</i> has an ending more tragic than this one.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-62816509488331390152012-11-16T04:46:55.274-06:002012-11-16T04:46:55.274-06:00Hooray! Is there anyone another that reads "T...<br />Hooray! Is there anyone another that reads "The Double Death of Frederic Belot"!<br />On my italian blog, "La morte sa leggere" I wrote a long time ago an article about this extraordinary novel Aveline:<br /> <br />http://lamortesaleggere.myblog.it/archive/2012/01/10/claude-aveline-la-doppia-morte-dell-ispettore-belot-la-doubl.html<br /><br />Since you have written an article, I will publish my own, so we'll go hand in hand, John.<br /><br />:-) Pietro<br />Pietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-76229598915383334302012-11-16T04:15:58.374-06:002012-11-16T04:15:58.374-06:00Sounds marvellous John, a sort of conflation of Go...Sounds marvellous John, a sort of conflation of Golden Age conceits with a Simenon-like study of alienation - yet another for my JFN shelf if I can track down a copy. Cheers mate.<br /><br />Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com