tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post6631265424458322482..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Cake in the Hat Box by Arthur UpfieldBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-42423448736892139892011-03-27T10:06:18.083-06:002011-03-27T10:06:18.083-06:00Bernadette - Thank you for the comment. I wondered...Bernadette - Thank you for the comment. I wondered if Australians spoke as Upfield has them talking in the book. I did find the plot intriguing.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-43083952209583931412011-03-27T03:25:27.375-06:002011-03-27T03:25:27.375-06:00I admit to finding the books very dated, particula...I admit to finding the books very dated, particularly the language and I don't just mean the language that we would consider politically incorrect these days (though there is an awful lot of that) - the dialogue and general prose is very stilted and unnatural-sounding and generally dry. I read older books than these and don't feel the same way about them so it's definitely a stylistic thing. It doesn't help that some of them don't feel very realistic (my grandfather was a country cop during the period of Upfield's settings and family documents including his journals do not seem to have much similarity with the kind of world that Upfield depicts)Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.com