Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog
I've actually never read anything by Willis before--I had the impression from reading reviews of her more recent works that they tended toward the ponderous--but this was an absolute delight. Time travel shenanigans, a heroine who lives by the sage writings of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers (a woman after my own heart), a hero who looks good in a boater, a lovable dog and incorrigible cat, etc etc. It's all very hilarious, though there is a fair amount of tension--CAN the time-traveling duo get history back on track in time for the big church restoration thing their determined patroness is organizing? This was a lot of fun, though the hero is frustratingly slow on the uptake. Open the basket, Ned!!! Anyway, hooray cats and dogs and time travel. A-.
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