Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast Bonus episode!
Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast.
This is our show all about 2004's book, The Frumious Bandersnatch. McBain once again takes on the creative industries and the squad's first kidnapping since King's Ransom. Is the author eating his cake and having it too, with how he discusses the difficult topics in the book?
Featuring our first ever live Musical Illustration, we try and get across our feelings over this entry to the canon. We'll back soon for book number 54 - our namesake: Hark!
Fare thee well.
Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast bonus episode!
Hark! It's an 87th Precinct podcast.
It's 2002/03 and Ed McBain has written probably the most overtly comic novel in the entire series of the 87th Precinct. Follow us as we tag along with Fat Ollie Weeks to see if he can find (a) a murderer, (b) his book and (c) love and redemption?
Oh, we forgot to look at the contemporary reviews of the book in this episode, so watch out for them in our Christmassy Bonus Episode coming soon. Then it's onto book 53, The Frumious Bandersnatch.
Fare Thee Well.
Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast bonus episode.
Having slogged through the grim world of 2001's terrorism, money laundering and drugs in the 51st book of the series, we retire to our safe space of the bonus episode to take a look at the book cover designs and then our usual run down of the charts, movies and television of the period.
What were your favourite things of 2001? Let us know on the usual social media places.
Until next time - Fat Ollie's Book - we will say simply,
Fare Thee Well.
Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast.
It's 2001 and, shortly before everything changed, McBain publishes his 51st novel in the series, which takes in drugs, money and international terrorism. It's strange to read back this story which feels so relevant to the period. A dense tome, populated by assassins, burglars, the secret service and much, much more - we try our best to tackle everything that goes on in this story.
Paul also offers up some info on another attempt to make the 87th Precinct into a TV series and we look at some contemporary reviews. Pop along for the bonus episode soon, then we'll be back with 2002's FAT OLLIE'S BOOK.
Fare thee well.
Hark! It's an 87th Precinct podcast bonus episode.
The
year is 2000. The millenium has ticked over and we're still not flying
in personal rockets to the moon. However, we have finished reading the
50th novel in McBain's series, The Last Dance. As usual we look at the
book covers of the UK and US editions, as well as some other
international versions, then delve into the charts, movies and TV of the
year to recall what life was like for us as we entered the future space
year 2000!
We'll be back soon with our main episode on Book 51 - Money, Money, Money.
Fare thee well.
