Bookshelf Essentials: Snobbery with Violence!

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[@gaildoughty6799]

I have this on my Essentials Shelf. I loved Watson before I read this, and love him more now. I possibly might have muttered, “What? You dunderhead! How dare you say that?”
But I still love the book. It’s an amusing and sometimes provocative look at my life-long favorite genre.

[@lisagarrity5836]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought you were holding up Marion Chesney's Snobbery With Violence and couldn't figure out why it was essential. This book sounds much more interesting.

[@battybibliophile-Clare]

I've discovered it is the Colin Watson and is available on Kindle.

[@byronsbrain]

Great book, I have a lovely 2nd ed from 1979 which I found years ago in a charity shop.

[@saintdonoghue]

That's exactly the kind of thing I'm hoping the Brattle eventually provides!

[@battybibliophile-Clare]

Is this the same Colin Watson that wrote detective novels? I was British and died in 1983. Or is this a different chap? Either way it made for an interesting video Steve.