Literary Birthday – 30 September – Michael Innes
Michael Innes was born on 30 September 1906 and died on 12 November 1994.
Michael Innes Quotes
- [My works are] on the frontier between the detective story and the fantasy; they have a somewhat ‘literary’ flavour but their values remain those of melodrama and not of fiction proper. (Grandest Game)
- Is science the disinterested pursuit of knowledge which the world may apply if it will? Or is it an activity always dependent upon economic and political demands? (The Weight of The Evidence)
- A living-room is always revealing, and particularly so when clothed with books. (Death at the President’s Lodging)
Michael Innes was a Scottish novelist and academic. Innes was the pseudonym under which J. I. M. Stewart wrote nearly 50 detective novels, starting with Death at the President’s Lodging, the majority of which feature Detective Inspector John Appleby of Scotland Yard. These mystery novels are full of philosophical musings, dry humour, and literary allusions. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name. In 1987 he published a memoir, Myself and Michael Innes.
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by Amanda Patterson
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