![]() A cigarette seemed to be perpetually gummed to his under-lip, which projected. His hair resembled a patent-leather cap…he walked with a sort of hard-boiled slouch, and his clothes fitted him rather too sleekly. ![]() She was the type that certain modern novelists write about with an enthusiasm which they attempt to disguise as satirical detachment ” and diamond-in-the-rough artist Walt Hatchett, “He was short, with the general appearance of a bad man in a South American movie. Witness this character in Vintage Murder (1937): “A stock comedian, a funny man with a funny face, and unless I am much mistaken, a mean disposition.” Or these two supporting characters in Artists in Crime (1938): Valmai Seacliff, “thin, blonde, and very, very pretty. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was clear, subtle, ironic, unsentimental, but always elegant and frequently witty her characters were sharply, sometimes hilariously, drawn her settings were marvelously described and her knowledge and erudition, while lightly worn, were both broad and deep.Īll of this was accomplished sometimes with just a few words. Hughes once called her “a writer’s writer.” She meant that, while in the 32 novels Marsh wrote between 19, she could construct puzzle plots with the best of them, it was her prose that really made her stand out. ![]()
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