![]() ![]() He then tries putting his detective and deductive skills to use by covertly watching and finding out about a woman in the hotel, Louisa, to whom he is attracted. Bored out of his mind, he is repeatedly frustrated in his attempts to follow the "Coleridge Trail" to Ottery St. (which significantly is a chapter heading), also exemplifies Morse's attitude to vacations. "A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell" However George Bernard Shaw's expressed view that, Much as in an earlier story when Morse becomes intrigued in a case from his hospital bed, in this novel he is reluctantly on holiday in Lyme Regis. We are moved into the story step by step. ![]() In terms of the story itself, the plot is typically complex, and only to be hinted at here. Many eminent scholars present their views in the newspaper. The reader is implicitly invited to spend a great deal of thought deconstructing the cryptic poem which is presented, and assessing the various theories as to what the "clues" are. When the detectives, and the reader, solve the puzzle, then we believe the explanation to the story - the disappearance of a young woman from Uppsala in Sweden - will be clearly revealed. In addition to these stylistic devices, one satisfying element of this novel is the inclusion of many possible solutions to an intellectual puzzle - a devious conundrum which forms part of the plot. For instance, one is from the magazine, "Homes and Gardens", but it does relate to the Oxford properties and social groupings which comprise the setting of the following chapter. ![]() They can be taken from anywhere, as long as the author considers them pertinent to the context. They are not all from literary sources, however. In the novel Colin Dexter continues his predilection for starting each chapter with a quotation. It is perhaps the quintessential Morse novel. The Way Through the Woods is the tenth novel in the Inspector Morse series, and won the Gold Dagger Award in 1992. In 2000, Dexter was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature. In 1980, he was elected a member of the by-invitation-only Detection Club. In 1996 Dexter received a Macavity Award for his short story Evans Tries an O-Level. Dexter and Housman were both classicists who found a popular audience for another genre of writing.Äexter has been the recipient of several Crime Writers' Association awards: two Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead in 1979 and The Dead of Jericho in 1981 two Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead in 1989 and The Way Through the Woods in 1992 and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 1997. Housman as his "great life" on the BBC Radio 4 programme of that name in May 2008. As with Morse, Dexter makes a cameo appearance in several episodes. More recently, his character from the Morse series, the stalwart Sgt (now Inspector) Lewis features in 12 episodes of the new ITV series Lewis. In the manner of Alfred Hitchcock, he also makes a cameo appearance in almost all episodes. The success of the 33 episodes of the TV series Inspector Morse, produced between 19, brought further acclaim for Dexter. Dexter's plots are notable for his use of false leads and other red herrings. I was sitting at the kitchen table with nothing else to do, and I wrote the first few paragraphs of a potential detective novel." Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the world to the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, cask ale and Wagner reflect Dexter's own enthusiasms. It was a Saturday and it was raining - it's not unknown for it to rain in North Wales. He started writing mysteries in 1972 during a family holiday: "We were in a little guest house halfway between Caernarfon and Pwllheli. Norman Colin Dexter was an English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels. ![]()
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