Antony Carr (1916-1995) was an English author who published five crime novels, including A Comedy of Terrors (1955),[1][2][3] Candles of the Night (1956)[4][5] and The Man in Room 3 (1958).[6][7] He was the son of the singer Robert Carr and uncle of Australian newsreader Susannah Carr.
In A Comedy of Terrors, the hero and narrator takes on a commission to find two Spanish dancers last seen in Paris early in World War II.[1][3] One reviewer considered it "a nicely developed spy plot, .. a most entertaining book",[3] while another wrote that, "By a process of elimination, the murderer will be identified by some readers, but this will not detract from the tension of the final climax, or the growing interest in the people in the case."[1] Philip John Stead, reviewing Candles of the Night in the Times Literary Supplement, described it as "begin[ning] with a situation that is bizarre in the Chestertonian manner: a dinner-party at which the guests do not know their host and at which he does not even appear. ... cleverly put together and it has some atmospheric quality with its dim hotel and drab antique shop, but the author has let cleverness run riot at the expense of probability."[4] Vernon Fane, reviewing it in The Sphere, thought it had "a sound plot and a reasonable, yet surprising solution",[5] though it contained too much dialogue to maintain the tension. Francis Iles described The Man in Room 3 as "an old-fashioned melodrama .. with missing heirs and blind men who can see";[7] another reviewer wrote that it was "to be read with particular pleasure."[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Bishop, George W. (4 March 1955). "Crime, Thrills and Suspense. Detectives At Work". The Daily Telegraph (The Telegraph Historical Archive). No. 31091. London, England. p. 8. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ J.B. (9 March 1955). "Books In Brief". The Sketch. p. 224. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b c N.L. (18 May 1955). "New Novels". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England. p. 6. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b Stead, Philip John (30 November 1956). "Black Mischief". The Times Literary Supplement (The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive). No. 2857. London, England. p. 709. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b Fane, Vernon (27 October 1956). "The World of Books". The Sphere. p. 34.
- ^ a b Milne, Angela (12 March 1958). "New Books In Brief". The Sketch. p. 45. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b Iles, Francis (7 March 1958). "Criminal Records". The Guardian. London, England. p. 8. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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