Last Bus to Woodstock
Inspector Morse Mysteries, Book 1
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Last Bus to Woodstock
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Narrated by:
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Samuel West
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By:
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Colin Dexter
About this listen
Read by Samuel West, known for his roles in Van Helsing and Notting Hill.
Last Bus to Woodstock is the novel that began Colin Dexter's phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series.
'Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?'
Lewis was nobody's fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity.
'Yes, sir.'
An engaging smile crept across Morse's mouth. He thought they could get on well together . . .
The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man – facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault and rape.
But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key . . .
Last Bus to Woodstock is followed by the second Inspector Morse book, Last Seen Wearing.
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yet another winner
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Samuel West is excellent and such a beautiful voice to make Morse and Lewis real
Superb. Story, plot, characters...everything
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Unfair, I know, it is a book of its time and the fun to be had, unravelling the clues and following the logic of the sanctimonious inspector through all the twists and turns, is there, but the casual sexism, classism, judgementalism and assumed authority purely by right of being male is, years on from the time of its writing, shocking. To say nothing of the attitudes towards children, likely traumatised but treated as creatures to be kept in the dark, ushered away and held and at a distance.
I enjoyed the performance but hated the experience. I thought I might try Morse, as I am nearly up to date with Ian Rankin’s Rebus series, but I won’t be venturing further into the, thankfully almost extinct, mindset of the middle class, mid twentieth century heterosexual world portrayed here. My toes will take time to uncurl… but, I do understand that, as the saying is rumoured to go; for those that like this sort of thing this is the sort of thing they like. Not me though.
Thank goodness the world has progressed, in the UK at least…
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Well written plot
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Many reviewers are far more articulate, but some comments say it is either dated, political incorrect, or sexist. It is a novel of the 70's and in keeping with our English heritage. Go read another book if you want it changed to suit today's readers.
SURPRISING ENJOYABLE
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It has a very different feel to the television series.
It was written in unwoke times .The role of women in this novel is a good history lesson.
On a lighter note the love interest in this plot for Morse is pretty unbelievable.
A period piece
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Great story, disappointing Morse
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Complicated but ultimately satisfying
My first Morse book
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Not aged well
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