I've just finished reading The American Boy by Andrew Taylor, a fictional account of the childhood of Edgar Allan Poe. I was interested to read that his crime writing was inspired by Enid Blyton. I quote:
"With Andrew's natural inclination for melodrama there was 'usually the odd corpse, the odd murder' even in his schoolboy plays, and he places the blame firmly on Enid Blyton's Noddy, the first 'crime' book he can remember reading. 'Hurrah for Little Noddy was Enid Blyton's groundbreaking expose of police incompetence and gang culture among goblins in the fast set. It has red herrings, a wrongful arrest and a thrilling car chase. Big Ears puts in some solid detective work too.' According to Andrew, at some point in the near future someone will publish a PhD thesis on the influence of Enid Blyton on crime writing in the UK. "I'm sure a lot of us in my early age group had our psyches warped at a very early age.'"
It's nice to see a modern writer paying tribute to Enid Blyton for a change
Enid Blyton's influence on crime writing in the UK
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Re: Enid Blyton's influence on crime writing in the UK
Hilarious!Mollybob wrote: ↑25 Mar 2007, 11:29 I've just finished reading The American Boy by Andrew Taylor, a fictional account of the childhood of Edgar Allan Poe. I was interested to read that his crime writing was inspired by Enid Blyton. I quote:
"With Andrew's natural inclination for melodrama there was 'usually the odd corpse, the odd murder' even in his schoolboy plays, and he places the blame firmly on Enid Blyton's Noddy, the first 'crime' book he can remember reading. 'Hurrah for Little Noddy was Enid Blyton's groundbreaking expose of police incompetence and gang culture among goblins in the fast set. It has red herrings, a wrongful arrest and a thrilling car chase. Big Ears puts in some solid detective work too.' According to Andrew, at some point in the near future someone will publish a PhD thesis on the influence of Enid Blyton on crime writing in the UK. "I'm sure a lot of us in my early age group had our psyches warped at a very early age.'"
It's nice to see a modern writer paying tribute to Enid Blyton for a change
This old article was news to me.
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Re: Enid Blyton's influence on crime writing in the UK
Yes, it's funny. When I saw the title of the thread I thought it would talk about the Find-Outers, not Noddy.
'Hurrah for Little Noddy was Enid Blyton's groundbreaking expose of police incompetence and gang culture among goblins in the fast set
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“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”
― Stephen King, The Body