#39: Murder Must Advertise, chapters 17-21
Close Reads Podcast
Goldberry Studios
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2017
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David conclude their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories.
Topics include: Who else the murderer could have been (6:45), whether Justice was served in the end (14:00), whether Wimsey was actually a good detective in this book (36:30), Tallboy's possible redemption (45:00), and the book we'll read next on the show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Close Reads on the Circe Institute Podcast Network. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm David Kern, and as always on Close Reeds, I am joined by the one and only Angelina Stanford and the inimitable Tim McIntosh. |
| 0:20.5 | I love this. |
| 0:21.6 | I love this. |
| 0:23.0 | Wow. |
| 0:24.0 | I got to mix up. |
| 0:24.5 | It's good. |
| 0:24.6 | It's my goal. |
| 0:25.3 | You're putting like five, six adjectives before my name. |
| 0:27.8 | Like, you know, like a good 15-minute intro, just working up to my name. |
| 0:31.8 | Angelina, we have. |
| 0:32.5 | I'll also pick two suggestions. suggestions feel free but we have already established via this podcast that i'm a fan of a cormac |
| 0:39.2 | mccarthy and ernest hemingway and therefore i'm going to limit the number of adjectives that i use |
| 0:42.8 | in describing anything let alone you so well well minimalist okay so we are here to talk for one well |
| 0:52.6 | not one final time about this book but one final time about the chapters in the book. |
| 0:58.5 | The point is, we don't have a lot of time left to talk about murder most advertised. |
| 1:02.3 | So we're going to do that today. |
| 1:03.9 | We're going to talk about three chapters. |
| 1:05.0 | Do you know how many cups of coffee did you have today? |
| 1:07.2 | I just feel like we are getting David Kern, you know, like revved up. |
| 1:11.4 | I never drink any coffee whatsoever, so I'm not going to blame it on that. |
| 1:16.2 | Angelina, David is a, he's a method actor. |
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