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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Second Best Belloc Introduction Ever
Second only to the introduction to "Path to Rome" which may be the best introduction in all of English letters (it is titled "In Praise of This Book"), I would place the dedication to Green Overcoat. Anyone who could take the book seriously after that deserves to be disappointed. Belloc parodies not just the detective novel but a whole cast of contemporary...
Published on June 10, 2006 by R. S. Corzine
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Tiresome detective satire
I usually gobble up Belloc, but this one left me with a sense of indigestion. This is intended as a satirical pastiche of a number of different detective/mystery writers from the early part of the century. I don't care for that genre. There, I've said it--just shut the door on the whole lot. I suppose if you like this sort of thing, you might find it amusing. Oh, and...
Published on November 19, 2003 by Patrick Odaniel
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Green Overcoat (Select Bibliographies Reprint Series) (Hardcover)
Second only to the introduction to "Path to Rome" which may be the best introduction in all of English letters (it is titled "In Praise of This Book"), I would place the dedication to Green Overcoat. Anyone who could take the book seriously after that deserves to be disappointed. Belloc parodies not just the detective novel but a whole cast of contemporary personalities. The internal reasonings of the professor are spot on and hilarious. The wealthy industrialist is the victim of a crime instead of its perpetrator but, in classic Belloc form, manages to be the villain of the piece anyway.
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Tiresome detective satire,
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This review is from: Green Overcoat (Select Bibliographies Reprint Series) (Hardcover)
I usually gobble up Belloc, but this one left me with a sense of indigestion. This is intended as a satirical pastiche of a number of different detective/mystery writers from the early part of the century. I don't care for that genre. There, I've said it--just shut the door on the whole lot. I suppose if you like this sort of thing, you might find it amusing. Oh, and there are funny pictures by G. K. Chesterton. Okay, maybe this book is a bit of a lark, after all. I'm still shutting the door, though.
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The Green Overcoat by Hilaire Belloc (Hardcover - 1912)
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