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www.basbleu.comCorpse in a Gilded Cage
by Robert Barnard
#UK8172
Paperback, 212 pages; 2008 (1984)
$14.95
My mom could never understand why I reread books, especially
mysteries. “You know who did it!” she’d exclaim. “How can you read it
again?” Because with my favorite books, the ones I reread sometimes
three or five or eleven times, the real pleasure for me lies less in the
story than in the telling of it. This may be truer of Robert Barnard than
of any writer I know, and certainly I’ve reread
Corpse in a Gilded Cage
so often I could probably recite entire passages. It’s just such delicious,
pomposity-puncturing fun. Think of it: A mildly larcenous Cockney
family inherits a vast country estate, with all the titles and tithes that go with it. My best advice:
Don’t try to read this satirical book on the quiet. If you’re anything like me, your giggles and
snorts will give the game away.
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