murder, she missed
17:02 | 18-04-2013 | Literature | No Comments
ни дня без новых терминов:
The Had I But Known school of mystery fiction, as it was so dubbed by (mostly male) mystery critics after the term was used by Ogden Nash in a satirical 1940 poem, typically included mysteries with female narrators given to digressive regrets over the things they might have done to prevent the novel’s numerous murders, had they only been able to see the dire consequences of their inaction.
я даже специально прочел несколько таких книг — и они в самом деле уморительно милы в своем наивном сожалении и бездействии, с обязательным лейтвомотивом “ах, если бы я только..!”
хорошие очень.