¡Por fin! Se me ha hecho cuesta arriba terminarlo. Al principio me enganchó, pero a medida que avanzaba, la cantidad de descripciones, la escasez de diálogos, sobrevolar los detalles importantes y p ararse en las cosas nimias; me han hecho apartarlo.

Es como un gran trozo de tortilla que comes sin masticar mucho y a mitad de garganta se para, te ahoga y te deja sin aire.

Pecado Original es esa tortilla.

I love PD James and my Pandemic Project was to read all of the Dalgliesh novels. However, this one was a huge disappointment. It was so wordy, and so full of long digressive passages on minor characters that I found my self doing the unthinkable and skipping ahead. Dont bother...the early ones are many times better...and so full of her brilliance and occasional snarkiness (love those snippets.)

As usual, another excellently-written multifaceted murder mystery by P.D. James.

It’s interesting to imagine James pitching this to her publisher.

‘Dear Publisher, I’d like to write a murder mystery set in a publishing house where the editor did it. Who does the editor kill? Why, the publisher! And then one of the authors! That’s not a problematic scenario for you at all, is it? Also, can I come in and lurk around your office for a few weeks to get a sense of how a publishing house really works?’

Publishers: ‘Dear PD James, we can’t see why we’d have a problem with one of our best-selling authors coming into the office and seeing how author treatment, office politics, contracts, payments, etc. typically work. We’re a publisher, therefore completely transparent! Really! Now excuse us while we hide all the confidential papers, alcohol, and instruct our staff to be on their very best behavior.’