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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Books, Arts

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Helen Zaltzman is the guest for this dissection of the first green penguin. Until 26:43, the discussion is free of major spoilers. At that point, as you will hear us say, we enter the spoiler zone and you can expect spoilers until the end. Helen's podcast The Allusionist is available wherever you are listening to this or at theallusionist.org My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is published in April. To find out more and register for the exclusive pre-order bonus material, visit my website carolinecrampton.com. Mentioned in this episode: — The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers — Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers — Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers — Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers Related Shedunnit Episodes: — Death at the Club — A Mysterious Glossary — The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers 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/theunpleasantnessatthebellonaclubtranscript/ 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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1:18.3

welcome to the very first Green Penguin Book Club. A new kind of She Done It episode that documents my journey of reading

1:36.2

and discussing every crime title from the main Penguin series in order. Our book today is The Unpleasantness at the Bologna Club by Dorothy L. Sayers,

1:48.0

which was originally published in 1928 and then republished in 1935 by the Bodley head as one of the first 10 books in their new

1:56.6

Penguin series. It is officially Penguin Number 5 and the first crime title or Green Penguin.

2:04.0

My guest for this book is Helen Zoltzman,

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