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Title: The Day the Music Died by Edward Gorman ISBN: 0-425-17411-5 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice storytelling, but what about copyediting?
Comment: As many have pointed out, the date that Buddy Holly died is wrong, and song lyrics are misquoted. There are other copyediting errors as well. We are told that the Judge's grandfather was shipped out to Iowa after disgracing the family back east. But later it becomes the judge's greatgreatfather. There are other such minor gaffes. But far worse, especially for a novel in this genre, the hero solves the mystery with the help of a verbal clue referring to something a character said earlier. But I went back and reread that passage several times and the key line was never said! For a mystery such an error is disgraceful. Didn't anybody read this book before it went to press? All that aside, this is a minor but reasonably entertaining effort, with a nice breezy style and a likeable protagonist. There is little real suspense, however, and the author seems far more interested in depicting the late '50s small town Iowa setting than in building a creditable mystery. The "solution" to the crime seems tacked on and half-hearted.
Rating: 5
Summary: A lucky Find.
Comment: I found this one on the unwanted books rack at my local Gym. Never had heard of Ed Gorman before (turns out hes pretty prolific!) but this is a great 1st novel in this new series which takes place in the late 50s. I loved the plot, the characters, and the setting (midwest 'natch!)- I await my other books in the series!
Rating: 2
Summary: retro revisionism
Comment: The characters and action in this book are possessed of a political correctness that did not exist in the Heartland (or probably anywhere else) at the time (whichever time that happens to be - February 3, 1958 or 1959 - see previous reviews.) In a time when June Cleaver wore chic dresses and real pearls everyday to wash & wax the kitchen floor, the author expects us to believe that one of the main characters is a FEmale judge and another main female character intents to go to law school ? It just wasn't like that then.
Another error - let's try a little sing-a-long here: o/~ 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 . tell the people what she wore. She wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weenie, _____ polka dot bikini o/~ The author gets gonged here because he says it was pink. [p. 154, original hardcover ed.] Those of us old enough to know better will tell you it was yellow.
The mystery is just so-so and the ambiance the author takes pains to create is simply not credible because he needed fact checks!
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Title: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? by Ed Gorman, Edward Gorman ISBN: 0425187160 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Everybody's Somebody's Fool: A Sam McCain Mystery by Edward Gorman ISBN: 0786711140 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 23 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Save The Last Dance For Me: A Sam McCain Mystery by Ed Gorman ISBN: 0373264615 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Wake Up Little Susie by Ed Gorman, Edward Gorman ISBN: 0425178552 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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