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Dorothy L. Sayers

A Careless Rage for Life

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Written by: David Coomes
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
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Known to millions as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey and the best-selling author of a dozen detective novels, Dorothy Leigh Sayers was in reality a complex woman - moved, she said, by “a careless rage for life.” It is this complex Sayers, brilliant student, controversial apologist, witty, bawdy, intolerant of fools - he woman “terrified of emotion” - who is revealed in this new biography.

The production of Sayers’ radio play on the life of Christ, The Man Born to Be King, raised a storm of controversy. Reveling in the verbal battle, pugnacious, tenacious, she nonetheless pursued the Christian faith not merely as an intellectual godgame, but as the dominant force in her life. The Wimsey novels’ treatment of the themes of justice, guilt, punishment and the imperatives of personal responsibility reflect her beliefs.

©1992 David Coomes (P)2000 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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“Narrator McCaddon enhances Coomes’ extensive use of Sayers’ letters by reading them in character, adding to our sense of the author speaking to us in her own voice. Her British accent lends crisp authority and distinction, doing full justice to such splendid passages as Sayers’ introduction to her translation of Dante’s Inferno. She sets a swift pace that carries us along, dropping in deft pauses to let us know the writer is about to change course. The clean, uncluttered production gives the author the stage.” (AudioBooksToday.com)

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The performance was quite good, but there were some glitches in the recording. The biography is adequate, but not as interesting as it could be.

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Inspirational

I loved learning of this extraordinary lady's life. I am excited to listen to her detective stories available through Audible.ca.

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