The Old Man in the Corner

La Baronesa de Orczy plantea casos relatados por la periodista, Polly Burton, a un anciano (al menos, en los ojos de una joven periodista de principios del siglo XX), y éste los resuelve sin moverse del sillón. Son casos interesantes y entretenidos que se leen muy rápido. El anciano resuelve los cas......more

Young journalist Polly Burton gets into the habit of having her lunch at the ABC cafe after her first encounter with a disreputable old man who, all the while obsessively making knots in a grimy piece of string he carries, bends her ear, Ancient Mariner-style, with his tales. In his instance the tal......more

3 1/2 stars, somewhat good, somewhat dull and somewhat slow.......more

I liked this book for its unique structure - an old man, sitting by himself in the corner of a tea-shop, offering plausible solutions for cases which have baffled the police - when I read it some time ago. But when I read it second time around, I found the mysteries to be rather contrived, the writi......more

The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Emma Orczy was a little gem. I'd read her adventure, The Scarlet Pimpernal, and had enjoyed quite a bit. While I was reading it, my wife mentioned that she remembered a radio series she'd listened too many years ago, which was based on Orczy's book about The Old......more