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'''Fear to Tread''' is a mystery–crime thriller by the British mystery writer [[Michael Gilbert]], first published in 1953 by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in England and by [[Harper & Row]] in the United States. Set mostly in London, it was his seventh novel in six years and built upon the favorable reputation he had achieved earlier with the well-received [[Smallbone Deceased]] and [[Death Has Deep Roots]]. Its main character is Wilfred Wetherall, a middle-aged, mild-mannered headmaster of "an understaffed, overpopulated secondary school for boys in the south-east of London." To further emphasize the apparently unheroic nature of the protagonist, throughout the book the third-person, omniscient narrator refers to him as "Mr. Wetherall". | '''Fear to Tread''' is a mystery–crime thriller by the British mystery writer [[Michael Gilbert]], first published in 1953 by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in England and by [[Harper & Row]] in the United States. Set mostly in London, it was his seventh novel in six years and built upon the favorable reputation he had achieved earlier with the well-received [[Smallbone Deceased]] and [[Death Has Deep Roots]]. Its main character is Wilfred Wetherall, a middle-aged, mild-mannered headmaster of "an understaffed, overpopulated secondary school for boys in the south-east of London." To further emphasize the apparently unheroic nature of the protagonist, throughout the book the third-person, omniscient narrator refers to him as "Mr. Wetherall". | ||
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In a long, admiring [[''New York Times'']] article about Gilbert by the mystery writer [[Amanda Cross]] she writes that: | In a long, admiring [[''New York Times'']] article about Gilbert by the mystery writer [[Amanda Cross]] she writes that: | ||
<blockquote>His heroes fight without hope of reward, because they hate bullying; they honor, albeit with regret, the slow processes of democracy and law; they are loyal to those who have fought at their side, and they do not think trust a mug's game. In short, his characters embody the virtues of the class-ridden but romantic public school tradition.<ref>''The New York Times'', 9 September 1982</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>His heroes fight without hope of reward, because they hate bullying; they honor, albeit with regret, the slow processes of democracy and law; they are loyal to those who have fought at their side, and they do not think trust a mug's game. In short, his characters embody the virtues of the class-ridden but romantic public school tradition.<ref>''The New York Times'', 9 September 1982 at [http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/12/books/who-did-it-michael-gilbert-and-p-d-james.html?pagewanted=2]</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[Inspector Hazlerigg|Chief Superintendent Hazlerigg]] plays an important role in the book but does not appear until page 154 of the 223-page British edition. | [[Inspector Hazlerigg|Chief Superintendent Hazlerigg]] plays an important role in the book but does not appear until page 154 of the 223-page British edition. | ||
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Revision as of 19:05, 3 September 2016
Fear to Tread is a mystery–crime thriller by the British mystery writer Michael Gilbert, first published in 1953 by Hodder & Stoughton in England and by Harper & Row in the United States. Set mostly in London, it was his seventh novel in six years and built upon the favorable reputation he had achieved earlier with the well-received Smallbone Deceased and Death Has Deep Roots. Its main character is Wilfred Wetherall, a middle-aged, mild-mannered headmaster of "an understaffed, overpopulated secondary school for boys in the south-east of London." To further emphasize the apparently unheroic nature of the protagonist, throughout the book the third-person, omniscient narrator refers to him as "Mr. Wetherall".
In a long, admiring ''New York Times'' article about Gilbert by the mystery writer Amanda Cross she writes that:
His heroes fight without hope of reward, because they hate bullying; they honor, albeit with regret, the slow processes of democracy and law; they are loyal to those who have fought at their side, and they do not think trust a mug's game. In short, his characters embody the virtues of the class-ridden but romantic public school tradition.[1]
Chief Superintendent Hazlerigg plays an important role in the book but does not appear until page 154 of the 223-page British edition.