Cat Among the Herrings (2015)
“When I had dropped hints over breakfast that I might help him in his enquiries he had looked at me suspiciously and said that Catarina’s residence was some way off.
‘On the edge of the village, then?’ I had asked.
‘I wouldn’t say it was in the village at all,’ he had grunted, through a mouthful of toast and Oxford marmalade.
‘But drivable?’ ‘Sort of. It’s not that easy to find.’ ‘But you could describe it to me?’ ‘It’s not that easy to describe.’ ‘But you are – please excuse me if I... am misremembering – a writer. Describing things, using words, is what you do for a living. A foggy evening in the fictitious and slightly improbable town of Buckford flies from your pen. A description of the wounds inflicted by a serial killer is meat and drink to you. A criminal cleverly avoiding Sergeant Fairfax’s questions – this is skilfully worked so the reader has no idea what lies are being told.MoreLess
‘On the edge of the village, then?’ I had asked.
‘I wouldn’t say it was in the village at all,’ he had grunted, through a mouthful of toast and Oxford marmalade.
‘But drivable?’ ‘Sort of. It’s not that easy to find.’ ‘But you could describe it to me?’ ‘It’s not that easy to describe.’ ‘But you are – please excuse me if I... am misremembering – a writer. Describing things, using words, is what you do for a living. A foggy evening in the fictitious and slightly improbable town of Buckford flies from your pen. A description of the wounds inflicted by a serial killer is meat and drink to you. A criminal cleverly avoiding Sergeant Fairfax’s questions – this is skilfully worked so the reader has no idea what lies are being told.MoreLess
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