THE NORTHING TRAMP

2012 Review: Ooh, boy. The wayback machine engaged full-steam here. I don’t even want to contemplate how many decades it’s been since I last (and first) read this. (And never in English.) Turns out it’s not even the book I remembered, but I know I read this one too and loved the hero. I remember his n......more

A magyar verziót olvastam. Valamikor régen olvastam már a könyvet és jól szórakoztam rajta. Ma, hogy polcrendezések közben a kezembe került, kedvem támadt újraolvasni. És most is szórakoztató volt, jókat kuncogtam a csavargó és felesége kalandján. Ugyanakkor most jobban zavartak a kesze-kusza mondatok......more

This is, unusually for Edgar Wallace, set in America. October Jones is being forced to marry a local so that she may fulfill requirements in her father's will and receive her inheritance. Except that she's quite contrary as a general rule and quips that she'd rather marry a tramp than the proposed b......more

The plot evolves slowly and the reader must be patient, but the time spent will be rewarded. One of my favorite Edgar Wallace novels. As usual, many questions emerge as the story unwinds. I found myself going back many times to refresh my memory on certain passages. The two main characters, Robin an......more

Utterly implausible, with an ending you could have predicted before reading the first chapter, written in speed and thoroughly enjoyable if you go with the flow to the end of the ride.......more