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Gently By The Shore (1956)

by Alan Hunter(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

184901499X (ISBN13: 9781849014991)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Robinson Publishing

series

Chief Superintendent Gently

review 1: I was not sure what I would think of this, generally finding it unrewarding to read a book after first watching the screen version, but I have to say I really loved it, far more than the television programme of the same name (which I also love but which seems quite different). The setting was easy to visualise, the characters larger than life, and Gently a character I took to. I love the style of the writing, slightly dated, crafted, hinting to allow the imagination to create pictures rather than describing in detail.
review 2: 'Gently by the Shore' by Alan Hunter is witty, well plotted and thoroughly enjoyable. When the body of a naked man washes up on the shore of the popular beach resort of Starmouth Chief Inspector Gently must deal with counterfeiters and s... morepys, a prostitute and her "fancy man," a bookie and the village idiot. Only George Gently could sort out this lot and unravel the complex tale of greed and fanaticism that lies behind the body on the beach. less

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