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Died. Patrick Hamilton, 58, British playwright of chatty chillers, including Rope (1929), first of many versions of the Loeb-Leopold case, and his biggest hit, Gaslight; in Sheringham, England...
From blurb to backflap, P. G. never misses a Wodehouse trick. His names ("Oofy" Prosser is the villain, J. Sheringham Adair is the private eye) are felicitously goofy. His "floaters" ("I wouldn't kiss her with a ten-foot pole!") are a caution. His puns ("A fete worse than death") are outrageous. His hyperbole ("Carpets of so thick a nap that midgets would get lost in them and have to be rescued by dogs") is ingenious. His clichés ("The shot's not on the board, old dear") click with an exquisite remoteness in the modern...
Past Perfect. In Sheringham, England, Student Roderick Saunders failed to show up at the Sheringham Secondary Modern School on the day he was to receive a prize for perfect attendance during the previous term...
...PIDGEON'S ISLAND&151;Anthony Berkeley&151;Crime Club ($2). Risking expulsion from the Detection Club for a "guessing finale," the author exposes 14 people to a suspicion of murder. Cast away in an environment of suspicion, each of the group exhibits his basic personality, enabling Roger Sheringham to satisfy the reader's conclusion...
DEAD MRS. STRATTON-Anthony Berkeley-Crime Club ($2). Sleuth Sheringham, detecting a murder, finds himself the favorite suspect, has a narrow squeak, remains puzzled...
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