Great stuff as TPOA gets into its stride. So much is crammed into 4-5,000 words that I find myself having to reread the previous chp to get prepared. Lovely touch about dear Winkler, that for me was the highlight…
thank you Mark
This story is flowing beautifully, Im really enjoying the installments and @Anton_Cloche’s guesses ( and the author’s cruel response!!). Good stuff, Chris.
A really, really, great chp from Mark. Just the tonic for a Thursday evening tiredness, and for those, unlike some (eg @Canuk !!) who have to work on Fridays!
Im really enjoying the double perspective as it does help make the dose of JJ somewhat more bearable.
Thank you Mark
Another volume of detective Hall’s adventures. Fans don’t need any introduction but they will be shocked at the contents of a letter he receives which leaves him trembling……
Formal “gay dinners”. No thanks, been there, done that etc. give me casual any day…. But with decent wine, of course, and food, and nice linen napkins…. 😜
It would be the norm for middle of the road Anglicans (Episcopalians, as well in US?) but obviously not for the Evangelical/ hard line Protestant wing. Having lived in an Anglican vicarage in my last year in university, I think Robert’s portraits are spot on.. ( no surprise, of course with him!)
I am thoroughly enjoying catching up with this story. A great weekend read.
My feeling exactly!
This chp is a perfect example of @Mark Arbour’s amazing creativity. I feel like an addict, glowing with the pleasure of the latest “fix” but fearful about possible delays in my supply line!
many thanks, Mark. Good luck with the grading. I have a couple of hundred writings to deal with… 😱
Great comments. I can remember being interrogated by my sister on behalf of my mother….. 😱in the middle of a lunch party for 14 and I had dropped a huge dish of mashed potatoes on the floor and screamed for my sister to help. As we secretly scooped up what could be saved, she began the questioning…. 🤨
He is a master at this. It comes across in all of @Robert Hugill’s stories. That and the so-British art of self-deprecation which he does so, so well. It makes me feel as if I’m back home in uk.