tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post6381140129716266382..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Enjoying an old 'tecChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-13721153596056116782011-02-03T22:42:46.131+00:002011-02-03T22:42:46.131+00:00Crispin's "Moving Toyshop" is a long...Crispin's "Moving Toyshop" is a long-established fave that had me helpless with laughter the first time I read it - another one from my teens!Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-40356858094302057472011-02-03T21:39:43.591+00:002011-02-03T21:39:43.591+00:00Well snap yous two! I found one of those green co...Well snap yous two! I found one of those green copies second hand some months ago and I'm enjoying the anticipation as it sits on the shelf. I too first read 'Tiger'aeons ago! Cannae wait.<br />Does 'The Moving Toyshop' ring a bell? (Sorry) Can't boast anything like such a comprehensive collection ABF but I know where to come. You do know there's a Raymond chandler series starting on Radio 4?Alhttp://www.wordsinaction.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-40529495961572145122011-02-02T23:19:43.526+00:002011-02-02T23:19:43.526+00:00We plainly share a past - even more than the one I...We plainly share a past - even more than the one I already know about!Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-53397171731696418182011-02-02T23:13:58.700+00:002011-02-02T23:13:58.700+00:00Your post sent me scurrying to my bookshelves, whi...Your post sent me scurrying to my bookshelves, which I have been purging this week. The Oxfam bookshop on Byres Road is having a "Make crime pay" month and seeking donations of crime fiction - of which I have accumulated quite a lot over the years. They've now got - or will soon get - all my works of Ross McDonald, Ed McBain, Dell Shannon, Ellery Queen and some other odds and ends. Eventually they will get the 45 cases of Perry Mason which I have hoarded since University days! But to our muttons...<br /><br />I still intend to keep the 9 works of Margery Allingham, the 22 of Ngaio Marsh, the 7 of Josephine Tey, the 14 of Emma Lathen, the 12of Edmund Crispin, the 9 of Michael Innes, the 6 of P D James, the 12 of Ellis Peters and a few dozen assorted others (Peter Lovesey, Robert van Gulik, Michael Gilbert, etc., etc., anyone?).<br /><br />A list of titles for borrowing is available to the abovesigned!abfnoreply@blogger.com