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nineveh_uk ([personal profile] nineveh_uk) wrote2013-12-06 09:55 am

The valet with a candlestick in the library

I have I my hands a copy of Peter Wimsey Investigates the Late Scholar, by Jill Paton Walsh, the prospect of which I have already discussed. I may or may not be able to read it over the weekend in view of the million and one other things I need to do.

In the interim, I offer:

[Poll #1946773]

[identity profile] executrix.livejournal.com 2013-12-06 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas so subject line so it can't be "The Thing With Feathers."

Depending on when in 1950s wouldn't there still be rationing of some items?

[identity profile] nineveh-uk.livejournal.com 2013-12-06 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I thikn feather dusters are a bit lightweight for a murder weapon!

Exactly! So there will be people moaning about still bloody rationing - or conversely that the price of meat has gone through the roof.