From Fiction to Fact
about modern detective stories I would naturally have to read one of them, though I imagine that if their standard had been very high they would by now have swept a Nobel or some such prize. When I ask myself why I do not read them.the answer is pure prejudice. On the other hand, the actual description of Scotland Yard at work enthralls me as much as it would the next man. Andrew Mackenzie’s Scotland Yard, three programmes from 3YA, brought back Robert Fabian, although what most impressed this time was not the lightning pounce but the combination of. patience and logic which acts like a net with a mesh designed, to catch one strange fish, and that one only. The author of this interesting ‘series corrected popular illusions on ‘one or two points, had a word to say on the particular jobs women could do in the New Zealand police force, and brought Scotland Yard from fiction to fact without losing its almost legendary interest. I gave any opinion
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 738, 4 September 1953, Page 10
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174From Fiction to Fact New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 738, 4 September 1953, Page 10
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