A Cure for All Diseases [Import] [Hardcover]

Reginald Hill (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; First edition (2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007252676
• ISBN-13: 978-0007252671
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,393,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Reginald Hill has been widely published both in England and the United States. He received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger for his Dalziel/Pascoe series. He lives with his wife in Cumbria, England.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, April 13, 2008

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B. A. Cawley "Beverly CY" (Boston MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cure for All Diseases (Hardcover)

It's a rare and wondrous thing to read a mystery novel that has you laughing out loud over and over again. WHile you're anxiously following along the plot twists and turns (Hill uses a couple of devices that I had no trouble following) I would find myself laughing uproariously (sp?) to the musings of Andy Dalziel and his flippant responses to pompous boors. Worth every minute and every cent.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daziell, Pascoe, and Jane Austen, July 24, 2009

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W. CREED "Bill" (Chevy Chase, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cure For All Diseases (Hardcover)

In crossing the Atlantic, this book picked up a new title. In England, the title was The Price of Butcher's Meat. Admittedly, a bit unappetizing. Another thing seemingly lost in the crossing is Hill's literary source. He admits that this book is his attempt to finish Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sandition. That's a bit disengenuous, since he merely takes the characters, setting, and plot setup and adds them to his ongoing series characters, but it does allow him to creat a wonderfully entertaining novel that stands on its own, but allows those Austen fanatics to enjoy lots of in-jokes. Hill's D&P books are among my favorites and this one is in the top tier, although it does go on a little too long. And it continues my shifting of allegience from the younger liberal Pascoe, to whom I related in my younger years, to the older non-PC Daziell who now seems a much more rounded character.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Multiple narrative voices give the story many angles, May 3, 2008

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Carina Mørch-storstein (Trondheim, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cure for All Diseases (Hardcover)

Engaging crime novel. I liked the different narrative voices: superintendent Andy Dalziel's recorded voice, Charley Heywood's emails and the omniscient narrator who suddenly appears towards the end (+ the final recorded voice, won't reveal who that is here).In the first third of the book, I found the pace was a little slow. In fact the first crime happens only after ca. 200 pages. However, after that, it picks up considerably and you won't be able to put it down. And at times it is very funny! Good read.