Gently By The Shore (Inspector George Gently Case Files) by Alan Hunter

"Gently is called in to investigate a dead body on the beach under the pier at Starmouth. There is nothing to identify the corpse and the case leaves Gently scratching his head and eating many peppermint creams. It seems as though he may have to give up and admit defeat until he manages to find out a bit about the dead man by asking the right questions of the right people. It soon becomes clear that there may be a link with the sudden appearance of counterfeit US dollar bills which keep appearing. I found the book interesting reading as it shows how different things were in the nineteen fifties. This is a case with an international aspect to it and Gently wonders whether he will find it taken off him by Special Branch before he has really got to grips with it. I like the characters in these novels and the interaction between them. There are flashes of humour and an intriguing mystery which will keep the reader guessing. Readers today may find it a little old fashioned as there is little on the page violence and no bad language. The attitudes and morals were different then and the book needs to be read in the context of the time in which it was written rather than judged by today's standards. If you like books which present you with a puzzle to be solved then you will enjoy this book. If you enjoy the Golden Age detective story writers then you will enjoy Alan Hunter's Gently series..."             from Amazon

영국적 분위기가 강하게 느껴지는 배경과 인물들이 특징인 작품이다. 문장의 구조나 표현들이 쉽게 느껴지지 않을 수도 있기 때문에 읽는데 노력이 필요하다. 전체적인 이야기를 이해하는 데는 어렵지 않지만 부분적인 묘사나 설명 등은 독자들의 원서에 대한 경험에 따라서 노력이 필요한 것 같다. 시대적 배경이 1990년대라 다소 어려운 부분이 있다. 영국 드라마로 제작되었다고 한다.

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