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Josephine Tey

The Expensive Halo Paperback – 22 June 2010

by Josephine Tey (Author)

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Publisher : Benediction Classics (22 June 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 158 pages
ISBN-10 : 1849027072
ISBN-13 : 978-1849027076
Dimensions : 15.2 x 0.93 x 22.9 cm

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E. Hunt

A most odd reproduction of a sweet little book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2020

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The story is great but this version of the book is very peculiar. The introduction reads as though it has been cut and pasted straight from the internet by an intern and no editor bothered to read it through. At the start of the book there are some unnecessary notes and synonyms added to the text but these are given up quite early on. There are also random "figures" throughout the book, these pictures add little to the story and their references give no clue as to why they were chosen. Each chapter has a superfluous and irrelevant quote from another (later) Josephine Tey novel at the beginning. These are less annoying than the frequent typos. The cover does not match the period or style of the text.

The story gives a lovely insight into life in 1920s London, on two strata. I particularly enjoy Tey's descriptions of the skylines and the colours and styles of clothing.

Paul Morris

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2019

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This must have been an early writing attempt by Fey and certainly not what I would recommend to lovers of Mystery novels.It's just a Mills and Boon.

B. G. Strand

LOVE AND DESIRE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2015

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This second short book by Josephine Tey illustrates the giftings she was to expand in her later more well known crime genre.Her theme here is the classic love story between the classes, of rich and poor.Her perceptive writing of this basic human condition comes to the fore together with her grasp of natural dialogue.All told ' an unmissable read' for all Tey fanatics.

Catherine

Full of spelling and grammatical errors

Reviewed in Canada on 14 October 2020

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The story itself is fine. It is not one of her mysteries, but still an interesting reflection on the late 1920s. However, the edition I received appears to have been printed by Amazon, as no publisher or list of publishing dates is listed in the front of the book. The introduction is apparently taken from Wikipedia. It is full of errors, both grammatical errors and factual. Each chapter in this edition is headed with a quotation from one of her mystery novels; these have nothing to do with the chapter, and could not have been part of Tey's writing, as the books used were written after this novel. There a photographs scattered throughout, and apart from one photograph of Tey herself, have nothing to do with the story. The most frustrating part is the sheer number of spelling errors scattered throughout the book. It is not the number per page, it's the number per paragraph that is frustrating. I regret buying this edition.

Marianne Strype

Light and fun read.

Reviewed in Canada on 14 October 2015

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Since discovering Daughter of Time, I have been reading all of Ms Tey's books. This is not a mystery but a glimpse into life in 1930's Britain experienced by two families, one aristocratic and the other working class. The heroine is a little bit Lady Mary Crawley from Downton and the hero a bit of Tom the chauffeur. Light and fun read.

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