Quick Curtain

Das war überraschend anders, ich hatte einen "normalen" Kriminalroman mit Theatersetting erwartet, aber "Das Publikum war Zeuge" ist sowohl eine Satire auf die (Musik-)Theaterwelt als auch auf das Genre des Kriminalromans. Beide werden vom Autor gnadenlos durch den Kakao gezogen und das auf eine so......more

( English is not my mother tongue, so please forgive me for any grammatical or form errors, thank you ) If you can get through the first chapter ( absolutely boring charaters introduction and longer than necessary), then it will be a pleasent and often funny reading . I don't suggest it to all Golden......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a digital galley of this novel. I have read many short stories written to satirize the detective story but never a full length novel attempting that feat. As I began to read this one I wondered if I could continue since Alan Melville is taking on the......more

Thanks to the British Library Crime Classics series mysteries from the Golden Age that have been forgotten are finding a new readership. Mysteries like Quick Curtain (1934) by Alan Melville. As Martin Edwards mentions in his excellent introduction, Melville's book is a delightfully witty detective n......more

2.5 stars. While the mystery plot itself has next to no substance, Quick Curtain is very funny. I actually laughed out loud several times. The mystery actually just seems like an excuse for the author to have fun, with the hyper-witty narration mercilessly satirizing every aspect of the theatre, and......more