tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post8507140221449663515..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: The Nine Tailors with a good Hock Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-47288009406859762382016-12-13T18:19:25.327+00:002016-12-13T18:19:25.327+00:00Sayers might be complicated but she's always i...Sayers might be complicated but she's always interesting. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-17550708796847841242016-12-13T18:18:56.438+00:002016-12-13T18:18:56.438+00:00The reds are really hard to find in the U.K, speci...The reds are really hard to find in the U.K, specialists sometimes have examples but virtually nothing available on the high street. It's a catch 22 from a sales point of view. We're gold that we can't get more lines into the range because they don't sell, but because there are so few around customers can't buy them (even if they wanted to). I think I might re read The Documents in the Case next.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-21221105869450415302016-12-13T18:15:18.047+00:002016-12-13T18:15:18.047+00:00Oh, I love things like that, it really brings book...Oh, I love things like that, it really brings books to life. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-89897669190663464032016-12-10T14:12:12.669+00:002016-12-10T14:12:12.669+00:00It's been years since I read this novel, thank...It's been years since I read this novel, thanks for reminding me.<br />The inimitable Adolphe Menjou wrote an autobiography called 'It Took Nine Tailors'. <br />BBC TV used to show a Christmas movie with Menjou and I think the young Bette Davis, but they seem to have dropped those sparkling old Hollywood classics.<br />J HaggertyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-2590273666939669092016-12-08T10:20:25.647+00:002016-12-08T10:20:25.647+00:00I completely agree about the German wine. Over her...I completely agree about the German wine. Over here in the Netherlands we are fortunate to be able to buy it for very reasonable prices, and/or cross the border and buy directly from the vintners. Of course the white wines are the more famous, but I love the reds as well. <br />And I must say, I wouldn't mind having a Bunter to serve me my Riesling or Spätburgunder and a few nibbles to go with it... I hear he makes excellent coffee as well... :-) I'm reading 'Whose Body?' at the moment and I'm really enjoying both the lively writing and the references to food and wine in it. Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136558188813045931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-88087363975569993902016-12-07T09:26:08.679+00:002016-12-07T09:26:08.679+00:00Must try Lord Peter with Hock, what a great idea. ...Must try Lord Peter with Hock, what a great idea. Nine Tailors is one of my favourite Wimseys, became even more so when I discovered that purely by accident, I'd ended up living next to the river where he has his accident at the start of the novel.Bookhoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101346534682901240noreply@blogger.com