#Latest news with #ColinWatsonWashington Post3 days agoEntertainmentWashington PostFrom the creator of ‘Broadchurch,' a mystery novel on familiar groundFans of classic British detective fiction know that no place in the world is more dangerous than a ye olde village. 'Mayhem Parva' was the clever name that British novelist and critic Colin Watson coined in his 1971 book, 'Snobbery with Violence,' to refer to homicidal hamlets like Agatha Christie's St. Mary Mead, where psychopaths stand shoulder to shoulder at the local pub and even the sheep pack shivs beneath their wool.
Washington Post3 days agoEntertainmentWashington PostFrom the creator of ‘Broadchurch,' a mystery novel on familiar groundFans of classic British detective fiction know that no place in the world is more dangerous than a ye olde village. 'Mayhem Parva' was the clever name that British novelist and critic Colin Watson coined in his 1971 book, 'Snobbery with Violence,' to refer to homicidal hamlets like Agatha Christie's St. Mary Mead, where psychopaths stand shoulder to shoulder at the local pub and even the sheep pack shivs beneath their wool.
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