Author: ambler1

I was a bit dismissive of Greenwood's only thriller in my book. I have now re-read it and though I still don't think it's a great thriller, I have at least now given it a more detailed review here so readers can get a sense of what kind of story it is and if there… Continue reading Only Mugs Work (1938) now reviewed in Greenwood’s Other Books

I have now added a review of Walter Greenwood's non-fiction book How the Other Man Lives (1939) to the Walter Greenwood's Other Books page WG's Other Books. In terms of his prose (rather then theatre) work, that just leaves me to write about his thriller Only Mugs Work. - Chris.  

17 August 2018. There are now images and discussions of the dust-wrappers / cover designs of all Greenwood’s published fiction and non-fiction works on the dust-wrapper page. The only gap is for Only Mugs Work  form 1938 (though there is an image of its frontispiece image), since I have never seen a  copy with its dust-wrapper.… Continue reading New dust-wrapper images

There are now images and discussions of the dust-wrappers / cover designs of all Greenwood's published fiction and non-fiction works on the dust-wrapper page. The only gap is for Only Mugs Work  from 1938 (though there is an image of its partly pictorial frontispiece), since I have never seen a  copy complete with its dust-wrapper.… Continue reading All of Greenwood’s fiction and non-fiction dust-wrappers now discussed and pictured

28 July 2018. With the addition of Only Mugs Work (1938),  The Treeloe Trilogy (1952-56) and Saturday Night at The Crown (1958), I have now discussed the dust-wrappers / cover designs for all of Greenwood's novels (well, as best I can - I have not so far located a copy of Only Mugs Work complete with… Continue reading Walter Greenwood dust-wrapper Developments