![]() Into this benign family picture, a small bomb is dropped in the person of Brat Farrar himself. ![]() This does get complicated by the end, and yet–and yet. After all the thing that drives this book is the idea that there must always be Ashbys at Latchetts. I find myself having equal and opposite reactions to it: being totally charmed, and at the same time, feeling wary of the essential conservatism inherent in it. ![]() (And I definitely love Brat.) I am not at all objective on the subject of Bee, who I think is a darling and I would like to give her a hug because the rest of this book is going to be wonderful and horrible for her and I love her.Īt any rate, throughout Brat Farrar, Tey writes the texture of this small, known, family place, with its quiet and rich history, really well. I love more more than anyone else in this book, including Brat. Tey is always good at writing settings and characters, but the Ashbys and Latchetts are probably my favorite. ![]() It begins with a small estate in England, with the family who lives on that estate gathered around for breakfast. There will be spoilers! (But this matters less with Tey than with most mystery writers.)īrat Farrar does not begin with Brat at all. ![]() The first post is all about Brat Farrar which is one of my two favorite Tey books. This month’s Reading Notes series is on books by Josephine Tey (the better-known pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh). ![]()
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