An Advancement of Learning

by Reginald Hill | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0586072594 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingrem_CJL-230711wing on 7/6/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by wingrem_CJL-230711wing on Monday, July 6, 2009
Library Sale $5/Bag

I was at the sale to buy large print books for my aunt and, since my bag of books wasn't full, I decided to stuff this one in too. You really can't leave a sale with a half-empty bag, can you? So, this book, and several others, don't really count, do they? :)



Journal Entry 2 by wingrem_CJL-230711wing at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Friday, November 25, 2011
It's been some time since I've read a Dalziel & Pascoe mystery and those have been later in the series. This is the second book and it was a good read. The best thing about it is the interaction between Dalziel and Pascoe - a great pair of characters. I enjoyed the epigraphs from Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning.

This book was first published in 1971 and is set at a private college. I couldn't help but be struck by how times have changed. Things considered scandalous then might hardly raise an eyebrow now. The student activism on this campus seemed particularly aimless and ineffective, and nights of midsummer sexual romps with vague pagan associations always strike me as somewhat unbelievable. However, I think there may be more interest in pagan rituals in England for historical reasons than here on the Canadian prairies. In any case, it was a good mystery, kept my interest throughout, and reminded me that I should read more of this series.

Mr. G. also liked this and it's now reserved for gypsysmom who has another Dalziel and Pascoe for us.

Journal Entry 3 by wingrem_CJL-230711wing at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (12/15/2011 UTC) at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

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Will pass this on to gypsysmom at the monthly bookcrossing meeting. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 4 by gypsysmom at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Friday, December 16, 2011
I was delighted to exchange Dalziel and Pascoe books with mrsgaskell last night. Thanks for the tea too mrsg. I look forward to sitting down with a nice cuppa over the holidays.

Journal Entry 5 by gypsysmom at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Reginald HIll died earlier this year so there are no more Dalziel and Pascoe books to come. However, since I've only read one other (Death Comes for the Fat Man) and there were 24 in all I will have quite a few to keep me going. This is the second in the series and, as luck would have it, I picked up the first, A Clubbable Woman, a few months ago.

The duo are called to a post-secondary institution after a body was unearthed when a statue was removed to make way for expansion. It is soon discovered that the body is that of Miss Girling, the head of the college five years before. It was thought that she had died in an avalanche in Austria while on her annual skiing holiday. Dalziel and Pascoe both take up residence at the college while trying to sort the crime out. That puts them in close proximity to the students and staff, many of whom also live on campus. In fact, one of the people that is now an instructor is a former classmate of Sargeant Pascoe. He and Ellie take up where they left off in college, namely in bed.

Soon they have a second murder on their hands. A student, Anita Sewell, was found dead in the sand dunes near the golf course. Anita had accused one of her instructors of having an affair with her and when he was tired of her falsifying her grades so she was suspended from school.

Now Dalziel and Pascoe have to decide if the two murders are linked and who committed them.

This book was published in 1971 which, coincidentally, was when I started University. Either Hill embellished college life quite a bit or a prairie university doesn't offer the scope that a college in nothern England does because I don't remember seeing much in the way of Ouija boards or Wiccan practices. And, although there was a lot of experimenting with drugs and sex, we wouldn't have been doing it with members of the faculty. Even then faculty mingling with students was frowned upon.

However, it makes a good story and I'm going to keep my eyes open for more Dalziel and Pascoe books.

Journal Entry 6 by gypsysmom at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Friday, December 14, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (12/13/2012 UTC) at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

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I left this book on the OBCZ shelf for some new reader to discover.

Journal Entry 7 by wingwinnipegobczwing at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Friday, December 14, 2012
This book is currently sitting on the Winnipeg Official Bookcrossing Zone bookshelf in the loft of The Park Theatre & Movie Café, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg MB.

It is waiting there for a new reader to take home, read, and release back into the wild!


Winnipeg bookcrossers meet at my location on the second Wednesday of every month at 7pm to chat about books, swap great reads, and release on the OBCZ shelves. Please join us! We love to see new faces! You will enjoy the comfy atmosphere, the fabulous coffees and teas, and the yummy treats!

Journal Entry 8 by Pooker3 at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Thursday, January 10, 2013
I decided this book would make a good addition to the holdings of Little Free Library #2873, so took it home to give it a new adventure.

Journal Entry 9 by Pooker3 at Little Free Library #2873 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Monday, January 14, 2013

Released 11 yrs ago (1/14/2013 UTC) at Little Free Library #2873 in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

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