Curtain calls three mysteries Ngaio Marsh.
Detalles de publicación: New York City Nelson Doubleday c1991.Descripción: 570 p. 22 cmISBN:- 1558820868 :
- 823 20
- PR9639.3.M27 C8 1991
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Booklist Review
New Zealand-born mystery writer Ngaio ("Nye-oh") Marsh died in 1982. While undeniably popular, her books, many starring Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, seldom received the accolades reserved for Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. Sayers. This collection of Marsh's short fiction may not win her any new converts (the novel was her forte), but it offers a fascinating look at the evolution of a series character. A relentless plotter but a distanced narrator, Marsh had trouble creating full-bodied characters, especially in her earlier stories. Detective-Inspector Alleyn was something of an unfocused presence until Marsh married him off to painter Agatha Troy in 1938's Artists in Crime. Her best work followed. Of particular interest here is a short essay in which Marsh assesses her policeman's character traits. Her rough blueprint bears a curious similarity to P. D. James' Adam Dalgleish. Finally, Marsh was a gifted journeyman whose books laid much of the groundwork for the police procedural. --Peter RobertsonNotas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Ngaio Marsh was born on April 23, 1895 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She attended St. Mary's College and Canterbury University.She worked in the theater acting, producing, and even painting scenery. She was a partner in an interior decorating business in England from 1928 to 1932. She later returned to New Zealand and produced plays for a Shakespearean repertory company. She also worked with the Drama Department of Canterbury University. During World War II, she served in the New Zealand Red Cross Transport Unit. She traveled to England frequently and founded the British Commonwealth Theatre Company in 1949.
Her first novel, A Man Lay Dead, was published in 1934. She wrote more than 40 books including the Roderick Alleyn Mysteries series and Black Beech and Honeydew. She also wrote theatrical and television plays. She was named to the Order of the British Empire in 1949 and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966. The Mystery Writers of America named her a Grand Master in 1977.
She died on February 18, 1982 at the age of 82.
(Bowker Author Biography)