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unearths some literary gems.
From The Case of the Case of the Kilcladdich, by P.J. Fitzsimmons:
[I've now read everything published to date in this recent Wodehousesque funny mystery series set in the 1920s, and I have to say I've found them pretty entertaining--the big caveat being the frequent anachronistic turns of phrase. I'd say offhand that this sixth of six is the best so far.]***Molly MacAlistair figured in my recollections as an unknown and unknowable peril--like an angry snowman.***[The cast of characters in this novel includes a Tweedledum/dee-esque pair of feuding barmen, who are constantly flinging creative insults at each other.]"Ya yard and a half of unravelled knitting"[later]"You're as quick off the mark as the mark."***Molly crossed her arms and, somehow, her eyebrows.***"I can handle her, Captain," I said. "I rowed at Oxford. I also fell into the river at Oxford."***"Well, then?" Molly crossed her arms in a way that also said "Well, then?"***"How many of those [sheep] have you got now?""I don't know," I said. "I tried counting them, but I fell asleep."***
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