Gaudy Night

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• Gaudy Night

  Detective novelist Harriet Vane revisits her old Oxford college for the Gaudy Night celebrations, but while there she receives a poison pen letter. When others in the college start receiving similar letters, and the college is afflicted by nocturnal ... (read full critics)

  dannyreviews published on Tue, 20 Mar 2012

2 Reviews

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  I discovered it's a very different kind of mystery but with a very original plot.Great character development, super rich in words and some really great writing.
  But..... There are too many plots, subplots and situations which do not relate to the main plot and lots of jumping around from one idea t ... (continue)

  I discovered it's a very different kind of mystery but with a very original plot.Great character development, super rich in words and some really great writing.
  But..... There are too many plots, subplots and situations which do not relate to the main plot and lots of jumping around from one idea to another which is making it a bit tedious and awfully long.
  I really wanted to like this book but I guess it is not my kind of mystery.

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  Nini said on Apr 7, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Sayers at her best. My favourite one

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  Annarella said on Mar 7, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 448 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0340502266
• ISBN-13: 9780340502266
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1990
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook

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