Thrills and Fun
DON’T know of any writer of modern thrillers who combines, so successfully as John Dickson Carr, the qualities of humorist and dramatist. He manages, in a half-hour effort, to interest the listener, to make him laugh, to chill his spine, to excite his intellect, if any. The Appointment With Fear series, now being heard from 4YA, is one I wouldn’t miss. In "The Oath of Rolling Thunder," I imagine Mr, Carr may have had his tongue in his cheek when he penned the scenes of the "peace mission’ and the bickerings between touchy Yankees and Southerners; but there didn’t seem any incongruity in his quick transition from these lightly-sketched humorous scenes to the fearful aftermath, complete with Injuns, war cries, and a train making a dash for safety over a burning bridge. Kid’s stuff? Perhaps we are all kids at heart, or perhaps Mr. Carr writes this sort of thing so well that the ingredients become subordinate to the style.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 387, 22 November 1946, Page 11
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163Thrills and Fun New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 387, 22 November 1946, Page 11
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