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An Advancement of Learning Hardcover – January 1, 1985
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- Print length254 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBackcountry Pubns
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1985
- ISBN-100881500534
- ISBN-13978-0881500530
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- Publisher : Backcountry Pubns (January 1, 1985)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 254 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0881500534
- ISBN-13 : 978-0881500530
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,322,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #16,611 in Children's Mystery, Detective, & Spy
- #1,264,837 in Literature & Fiction (Books)
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Reginald Hill has been widely published both in England and the United States. He received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger for his Dalziel/Pascoe series.
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As they work to identify the victim, Dalziel grows more and more disgusted with the student body. They engage in foolish demonstrations. They’re disrespectful and uncooperative. They dance naked on the beach late at night. The teachers are an odd bunch too, always bickering among themselves.
Dalziel and Pascoe have made no progress, when a naked woman student is found murdered among the dunes. The plot of this police procedural is quite eventful. Both policemen get quite battered, and Pascoe has some delightful overnights with an old girlfriend.
I enjoy fat Dalziel and handsome Pascoe as a team, although the solution of the crimes in this case isn’t exactly straightforward. But I’ll definitely continue with the series.
The problem has been that few of the books were available for Kindle. Just one every now and then. And the older paperbacks were hard to find, and often quite pricey.
Well, someone has decided to open the floodgates. As of this writing there are five "Dalziel and Pascoe" books on free offer through KindleUnlimited Lending Library. Of more immediate value, there are fifteen books now available on Kindle. Some start at $.99, and many are around $2.99. We just stocked up our library in case the books go off the market again.
The books are not only good, they are fine for rereading, (after a suitable period of lying fallow). So, this is a fine time to get into the series and to stock up. I'm not a shill; I'm just delighted to see these on offer.
What a delightful surprise it was to find that it was better the second time. The focus here is truly on the twisted plot and plethora of possible suspects in two murders, rather than on the vicissitudes of Dalziel and the introspection of Pascoe, as we find in the later books.
The ending comes as a real surprise because we find that not only were there many suspicious characters, there are also many killers. The joy comes in finding out how they were all tied together. If you’re never read Reginald Hill - do! And this would be a great one to start with. I think I’ll go and dig out more if these books and reread them; they are worth the time.
Dalziel's interaction with female characters dates the era of the novel and the behavior of men in the 1970's. Observations of "gentle breast-bobbing" and his question, "Haven't you got a bra on?" doesn't work in the 21st century but having been a young college graduate in 1971, I know the reality of comments like this in the workplace of the time.
The novel's exploration of student demonstrations, cannabis, sexual dalliances, and homosexuality also are a 1970's reality.
A good mystery exists in this novel along with the window into the world of college in the 1970's.
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This audio version was narrated by Warren Clarke, which was great for the voice of Dalziel, but confusing when Pascoe spoke.
I've only ever read one other Daliziel and Pascoe story, which was set in a beer swilling rugby club, where Dalziel felt at home. This time Pascoe and I were both more comfortable on a university campus, where the ex-principal's remains are found under a statue that is to be removed in the wake of modernisation. Members of staff and students are all suspects when not one, but two further murders occur.
I thought I was going to rate this higher, but the denouement was disappointing and the murderer(s) seemingly selected at random from the choices available. Possibly this lost something by being abridged, no doubt some clues had been omitted, but there seemed little evidence to allow Dalziel and Pascoe to arrive at their conclusion.
I would listen to another abridgment from this series, if one came my way, but I doubt I would be inclined to read a full length book. They are now very dated in comparison to crime novels currently available.



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