tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post3794833271150196993..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: Christopher St John Sprigg's The Corpse with the Sunburned Facedfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-36073047046066426622021-02-18T21:30:43.199-08:002021-02-18T21:30:43.199-08:00I'll definitely have to add Death of a Queen t...I'll definitely have to add <em>Death of a Queen</em> to my shopping list. I just read the blurb on it and it sounds wonderful.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-42415167183161151382021-02-18T12:34:21.542-08:002021-02-18T12:34:21.542-08:00This is the only one in which his political colors...This is the only one in which his political colors bleed through the story a little, but, as you said, it's quite a good-natured book without any malice, preaching or finger wagging. How he introduced Jones and Dr. Ridge into the story must have been very disarming at the time. What a shame he throw his life away in a war that wasn't his. <br /><br /><i>Death of a Queen</i> should be your next stop in the series. Sprigg applied the world-building technique of the fantasy and science-fiction genre to the detective story and it's without question his best. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com