Re: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

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Sunday, 15 June 2025
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At times I think I may have read this book as a teenager.
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The decision to go to Farthington instead of telephoning was
all doylist, with no watsonian explanation.  Also, a
concussion that keeps one (or two) out of action for days is
not as trivial as I expect it to turn out to be.
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Monday, 16 June 2025
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Mr. McNeil goes out of his way to portray Bulldog as not too
swift in the head, but you'd think that at least one of the
gang would suspect that "died in agony" would cast some
slight doubt on the suicide theory.
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And yes, Bulldog woke up, leaped out of bed, and beat up six
goons.
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But he did portray, in the coda, the two concussed patients
convalescing in bath chairs.
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