Literature Project #22 Dorothy L. Sayers 'Busman's Honeymoon'
Dorothy L. Sayers was an expert wordsmith with a keen eye for observing contemporary society, this about poets (and she was not an untalented poet herself) is amusingly cutting. ("The Rattle Bag" published by Faber & Faber 1982, edited by Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes is one of the best poetry compendiums I know".
Busman's Honeymoon, page 1:
"But is this girl flesh and blood? You say she is passionately devoted to him, and I know, of course, that she once had a half-baked affair with a poet—but, Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it."
@casablanca If you don't know Sayers' detective (Lord Peter Wimsey is the main character) novels and want good reading then they are worth getting to know. Busman's Honeymoon is rather late in the series of the books in which the love interest of Harriet Vane appears. Enjoy.
@casablanca Following on from my previous post if you are like me I enjoy the way characters develop from book to book, in the case of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane this extends over several books of which this is the culmination. To save you reading all in order, unless you really want to, I would suggest you at least read 'Gaudy Night' before 'Busman's Honeymoon' as really the latter is an extension and completion of the former.
