A review by mad_about_books
Barnabas Tew and the Case of the Enlightened Cow by Columbkill Noonan
4.0
Somehow, starting with the third book, I have come to hear David Suchet, in his role as Poirot, speaking the lines of Barnabas Tew. It's probably due to Tew's fancying himself following in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes but looking rather like the fussy, Belgian detective. That, and the fact that I have been watching the BBC series once again. I would also note that Wilfred Colby compares to Captain Hastings in the same series.
This seems a little less the nonsense tale although the circuitous humor remains. Along with another mythology, this time Hindu, our detectives are faced with a moral dilemma on which they don't agree. Eastern philosophy thinks of death as an integral part of the circle of life. The arguments on both sides are actually quite cogent.
Whether or not Barnabas and Wilfred's cases qualify as true mysteries, it is a sure thing that they will enchant you and make you laugh.
In the time of coronavirus, we all need diversions that make us laugh, and make us think about the esoteric things that have fallen by the wayside. These books fill that need.
This seems a little less the nonsense tale although the circuitous humor remains. Along with another mythology, this time Hindu, our detectives are faced with a moral dilemma on which they don't agree. Eastern philosophy thinks of death as an integral part of the circle of life. The arguments on both sides are actually quite cogent.
Whether or not Barnabas and Wilfred's cases qualify as true mysteries, it is a sure thing that they will enchant you and make you laugh.
In the time of coronavirus, we all need diversions that make us laugh, and make us think about the esoteric things that have fallen by the wayside. These books fill that need.