![]() ![]() I don’t know what put the Leonides family into my head–they just came. However, practically all has liked Crooked House, so I am justified on my own belief that it is one of my best. But perhaps the author isn’t the best judge of his or her own work. ’ How much have you enjoyed writing so and so!’ This about a book who obstinately refused to come out the way you wished, whose characters are sticky, the plot needlessly involved, and the dialogue stilted–or so you think yourself. ![]() I often wonder whether people who read a book can know if it has been hard work or a real pleasure to write? Again and again someone says to me. I saved it up for years, thinking about it, working it out, saying to myself: ‘One day, when I’ve plenty of time, and want to really enjoy myself–I’ll begin it!’ I should say that of one’s output, five books are work to one that is real pleasure. The action takes place in and near London in the autumn of 1947.Īuthor’s Foreword: ‘This book is one of my own special favourites. ![]() First published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1949 and in the UK by the Collins The Crime Club on 23 May of the same year. Esta entrada es bilingüe, para ver la versión en castellano desplazarse hacia abajo ![]()
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