dodger

[Fortune Clutterbuck]

Enjoyed Dodger a lot more than I expected.
A worthy homage to Dickens and Mayhew

 

[Teppic]

I'm so pleased there wasn't long to wait for this book. It's thoroughly washed away the aftertaste left by The Long Earth. Not only that but this is also better than Snuff and UA in my opinion. Loved it and hope there's a sequel. Best Pratchett since Thud!

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Amazon have got Dodger on special offer for............ £8.10.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0385 ... =350613011

 

[pip]

Not bad.

 

[pip]

Makes the kindle version really really look like a rip off

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Which is why I won't buy it until it comes down in price.

 

[pip]

Or buy the hardback

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Are you getting a big wooden spoon for Hogwatch then pip.

 

[pip]

More like a shovel

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Innit.

 

[cheery_j.]

I got the thing about Onan straight away (partly because I remembered a scene from The League of Gentlemen where Harvey Denton gives a lecture about 'onanism' to his nephew Benjamin).

"Spilling your seed" ( ) is called 'onanieren' in German. So no big surprise there... I still can't see why you would call a dog Onan - as far as I know he only spilled and didn't mate with chair legs... and people's legs ... and ... well, I guess we all know THAT kind of dog.

 

[Tonyblack]

Maybe he (Onan the dog) was pale and sickly . . . a real wan cur . . . :whistle:

 

[chris.ph]

oh jeez

 

[Alanz]

I'm a bit behind everyone else i'm afraid, Desperately playing catchup, i'm only on my 15th "TP" book but hoping for "Dodger" for my birthday next month, might even get some others as well i've got three daughters

 

[chris.ph]

they could start their own coven alan :whistle: :whistle:

 

[meerkat]

I like Dodger. It is cleverley written, witty and so wonderful to describe Charles Dickens as a bit of a scribbler! A Super book. Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! Plus which I loved the description of Seven Dials. Ah, the Rookeries... and as for that scene with Queen Vic and Albert...excellent!

Yes, this one has the Meerkat Thumbs up!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Been in the pub just opposite it called the Crown.

 

[Catch-up]

Finished it last night and really enjoyed it too! There was a lot of slang in it that I was completely unfamiliar with, but thankfully the meanings were fairly obvious due to the context. Not all, but most. It was funny to discover that the word "crib" is an old slang, not a modern one. Although I think my favorite was "cove". Couldn't tell you why though.

 

[Tonyblack]

I suspect anyone who had read Dickens would have been familiar with the slang. But I've never read Dickens, so I don't know.

 

[=Tamar]

Mysteries published before 1950 tend to have older slang in them as well.
Reading a newsgroup inhabited by older people who grew up in the UK could also work as an introduction to older UK slang.