Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh’s most fascinating murder mysteries.
When the pesky Anna Bünz arrives at Mardian to investigate the rare survival of folk-dancing still practised there, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs Bünz is not the only source of friction – two of the other enthusiasts are also spoiling for a fight.
When the sword dancers’ traditional mock beheading of the Winter Solstice becomes horribly real, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn finds himself faced with a case of great complexity and of gruesome proportions…
Off with His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957. The plot concerns a village festival in the English countryside, and features Morris dancing among other folkloric elements. The novel was published as Death of a Fool in the United States, a reference to the fact that the murder victim is playing a Fool in the festival.
The novel is classed as a locked room mystery.
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读后感
The progress of a case is rather like a sort of thaw. 一起案件的过程，就好比是冰雪融化。 ——Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh发表于1957年的《砍掉他脑袋》(Off With His Head)与两年前的上一部作品《公正的尺度》(Scales of Justice)一样，这又是一起发生在英国偏僻乡村的...
评分The progress of a case is rather like a sort of thaw. 一起案件的过程，就好比是冰雪融化。 ——Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh发表于1957年的《砍掉他脑袋》(Off With His Head)与两年前的上一部作品《公正的尺度》(Scales of Justice)一样，这又是一起发生在英国偏僻乡村的...
评分The progress of a case is rather like a sort of thaw. 一起案件的过程，就好比是冰雪融化。 ——Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh发表于1957年的《砍掉他脑袋》(Off With His Head)与两年前的上一部作品《公正的尺度》(Scales of Justice)一样，这又是一起发生在英国偏僻乡村的...
评分首先我要感谢我的豆瓣好友極楽蜻蛉の老罗，是他对日本森英俊、小林晋等编译的世界探偵小説全集中45部精彩的推理作品简要介绍的翻译，让这部Off with His Head进入我的视野之中。 这个日本著名推理小说评论家森英俊主持的系列丛书很神奇，没有过多地选择迎合大众的口味选择那些...
评分The progress of a case is rather like a sort of thaw. 一起案件的过程，就好比是冰雪融化。 ——Roderick Alleyn Ngaio Marsh发表于1957年的《砍掉他脑袋》(Off With His Head)与两年前的上一部作品《公正的尺度》(Scales of Justice)一样，这又是一起发生在英国偏僻乡村的...
用户评价
感谢民翻，，可读性不错，结合了诡异的民俗还蛮有趣的，感觉霍比马有点萌，想看实物【
评分絮絮叨叨的叙事风格可以与阿婆一般的作品相比，然而读者总会看在阿婆那几部经典的份上不予过多计较，马许则没那么好运了。犯案过程有点儿迷糊，也许原文就是如此，结尾解答偏弱，连带读者也掉进坑里去。
评分感谢民翻！小说节奏实在是慢，开头进入案件迟，中间查案各种家长里短，不过这也是古典英式推理的特色，但于我而言阅读热情在解答前就消耗得差不多了，最后解答中规中矩吧。
评分广义不可能犯罪，解答一般，众目睽睽之下一个人怎么在石头后面被杀，而且现场无人接近……神秘的五子之舞，疯疯癫癫的儿子，脾气古怪的死者，弄弄的古典风味
评分感谢翻译，谜面还不错，但是谜底确实弱了一点。
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