范达因(S.S.Van Dine),美国推理小说之父,《菲洛·万斯探案集》是他惟一的代表作,也是古典推理小说的集大成之作。他将推理小说中的理性成分演绎到极至,这个成就“前无古人,后无来者”。范达因所撰写的《推理小说二十条守则》是推理小说史上最全面、最完整、最严谨的写作戒律,同时也被奎恩等后来者奉为指导其毕生写作的“圣经”。
1929. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, critic and writer, underwent a long illness. As part of his convalescence he wrote The Benson Murder Case, in which he created the character of Philo Vance, a master sleuth. So that the book would not be compared to his other works he adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine. By the time The Canary Murder Case, the second in the series was published, Van Dine had become a best seller. He wrote a total of six Philo Vance novels. This Philo Vance story begins: Of all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as an unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and certainly the most terrifying, was the one that followed the famous Greene murders. The orgy of horror at the old Green mansion had been brought to its astounding close in December; and after the Christmas holidays Vance had gone to Switzerland for the winter sports. Returning to New York at the end of February he had thrown himself into some literary work he had long had in mind-the uniform translation of the principal fragments of Menander found in the Egyptian papyri during the early years of the present century; and for over a month he had devoted himself sedulously to this thankless task. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
长篇的本格推理作品很容易给人啰嗦拖沓的感觉,那这本书绝对是其中的拖沓之王。 永远一同出动的四人侦探团,总是没完没了的询问证人,推理成分少的可怜。菲洛万斯这个侦探实在太废柴了,不等到凶手杀过瘾绝对不出手,他存在的唯一价值就是帮凶手做注解。 范达因前一部《格林家...
评分在读过的侦探作品中,童谣与杀人案件结合作品时有出现。 最著名的大概是阿婆的《十个小印第安人》(一般译做《无人生还》),“十个小印第安人去出海……”虽然很久以前读过,至今仍然印象深刻。 在日本,横沟正史则写作了《罪恶的拍球歌》,同样使用了童谣。 作为侦探小说黄金...
评分很可怜的小说,犯了和《全部变成F》一样的问题(无剧透),就是为了显得作者高深莫测,大篇幅引用不成熟的科学理论。 结果几年以后,这个理论已经很过时、很陈腐、很基本了,小说还摆在那里。新一代读者看了以后,不免觉得:“这作者是傻吗?” 本书中,作者侃侃而谈的潜意识、...
评分作为美式推理的代表,范达印在这本书中以冷冷的笔墨,叙述了发生在一群数学家中的杀人案件。 在这种冷冷的笔墨下,《鹅妈妈之歌》作为贯穿全书的主要线索,形成独特的意趣,如阿加莎克里斯蒂《无人生还》中《十个小黑人》一样。 整本书读起来有种抑郁的感觉,对数学家这种目中...
评分作为早期作品,很多手法在当时算开创性的了,细节描写不错,推理也有理有据,但对于我这种动机控来说,作案动机实在太单薄了,支撑不起这么庞大而高风险的连续杀人案。 此外,作者以第一人称写,但是叙述人自身从头到尾如空气般存在,未曾为案情贡献一谋一划,还不如第三人称直...
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