A review by michael5000
Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

2.0

A minor character in Mystery Mile is a thuggish guy who you would expect to be dumb, but who is actually well-read. It's the earliest instance of this gag that I've seen, and my favorite thing about the book. At one point he says something to the effect that recent goings-on are "like something out of the Decameron, only without the fun." That's a reasonable epitaph for the book as a whole.