The Body Farm | Techniques
The principal technique of the novel is the spare yet resonant voice Cornwell has evolved for her character, as passages quoted and discussed earlier in this article show. Three more passages can elaborate particular traits of this voice. Her description of Mrs. Steiner echoes the style of Chandler's Marlowe: "She unbuttoned her coat and lightly shook her shoulders to get out of it. She glanced away as she took it off as if she were accustomed to giving anybody interested an opportunity to look at breasts no matronly clothing could hide . . . Denesa Steiner was flaunting herself. She was...
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