Caroline Crampton
Oxford vs Cambridge
Why do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries? Apple Podcasts | Spotify | BBC Sounds | Other apps | RSS | Transcript Books mentioned in this episode: — The Masters by C.P. Snow — Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis — Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh — Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm — Gaudy Night
Oxford vs Cambridge Transcript
Caroline: The precise appeal of golden age detective fiction is a tricky equation to solve, I find. These are books about violence and murder that we read for pleasure and relaxation. They tend to focus on a very narrow slice of society, the wealthy, and work with a small set