The five minute after-dinner speech by Anthony Horowitz that closed the 2017 Crimefest Gala Awards Dinner was remarkable.
I call the speech
remarkable because Horowitz wrote this most amusing British Golden Age Murder
Mystery while dinning, during the Gala Dinner.
I
recorded it, and after dinner I spoke with Anthony Horowitz who gave me
permission to share it with my FB friends before I use it in a planned feature
at Shots.
Horowitz
and I share a link to London's Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. Horowitz penned TRIGGER
MORTIS the last James Bond novel for them; while I am one of Judges on the CWA Steel
Dagger.
Horowitz
explained to me that he had been told by Adrian Muller and Myles Alfrey of Crimefest to keep the speech to a
maximum of five minutes. Crime writers require the bar and any more than five
minutes could result in a stampede, for Gin.
Horowitz
continued 'I had a speech planned, but Felix Francis'
tie triggered some thoughts and as we all chatted over dinner, a sort of story
came to me.'
I
checked with Felix that he was OK with me releasing it, as Anthony Horowitz had
enthusiastically agreed for me to release it. Felix Francis apart from being a
great (and underrated) writer is a top bloke and he chuckled that I'd release
it.
It
is quintessentially English, with the 'Murder' as a puzzle, and jolly funny.
And
remember Anthony Horowitz will be a Guest
of Honour at Bouchercon, The World Crime and Mystery Convention hosted in
Dallas TX [2019]
Pour
a glass of Gin and enjoy 'The Curious Murder of Felix Francis' by Anthony
Horowitz as performed at Crimefest Bristol 2017
