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Book Review of Charade

Charade
Charade
Author: John Mortimer
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


First this is not the movie version of Charade. So "what is Charade? Comedy? Tragedy? Mystery? It is all three and more. Humor, tenderness, satire, compassion, insight... these qualities John Mortimer, unostentatiously displays as natural gifts," says The Daily Express when rebiewed in 1946, and in 1946 the Daily Mail stated, "Welcome stranger...", then Punch said in 1986. "These reviewers weren't overstating the case: Charade is a little masterpiece..."