On Gaudy Night

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Caroline goes deep on Dorothy L. Sayers’ 1935 masterpiece. At 18:58, there is a brief mention of attempted suicide. Books mentioned in this episode: — Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers — Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers — Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers — Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers — Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers — Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates series by Jill Paton Walsh Related Shedunnit episodes: — The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers — Dorothy L Sayers Solves Her Mystery — The Challenge Of Dorothy L. Sayers Support the podcast by joining the Shedunnit Book Club and get extra Shedunnit episodes every month plus access to the monthly reading discussions and community: shedunnitbookclub.com/join. NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/ongaudynighttranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.9	J.R.R. Tolkien couldn't stand it. George Orwell thought it was a bad detective story.
0:40.7	One critic has described its protagonist as a Yoko Ono figure who lured her creator away from
0:47.1	writing crime fiction. And yet, Gordy Knight is a brilliant and beloved novel, fervently
0:53.7	discussed and re-read by those like me who love it,
0:57.0	and arguably Dorothy Al Sayers' greatest work.
1:01.0	But is it really Golden Age detective fiction, and are there too many Latin quotations in it?
1:08.0	We're going to have to take a closer look to find out.
1:21.0	Welcome to She Done It. I'm Caroline Crampton.
1:23.7	Thank you. Krampton.
1:38.6	I love to read widely for She Done It, introducing new titles to listeners and finding obscure connections between them.
1:41.2	That isn't always the most satisfying way to gain a greater understanding of interwar crime fiction, though.
1:47.8	Sometimes you need to go deep rather than wide.
1:51.4	That's the approach I want for the book under scrutiny today.
1:54.9	I'm into my seventh year of making this show, believe it or not,
1:59.0	and over that time I've heard from countless listeners
2:01.8	that Gordy Knight by Dorothy L Sayers holds a special place in their heart. Often it's what brought
2:08.0	them to this genre in the first place. I've heard about special editions gifted as marriage
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