QMBC XIX: The 39 Steps

Reading

The 39 Steps

by

John Buchan

The McGavin Residence, Dublin.

16th March 2013

One Sentence Summaries

Carl Jameson: The source of the modern action genre.

William Clay: Forrest Gump meets Inspector Clouseau.

Whitby Syme: I had to skip a few steps, and I didn't quite reach the balcony. *

Mycroft Webb: Can this be the one that started it all? This Buchan.


* Poor show for not finishing the book. Note: the eponymous 39 steps did not even lead to a balcony.

Scores

Tiger McGavin: 55/83

William Clay: 57/83

Carl Jameson: 60/83

Whitby Syme: 50/83

Mycroft Webb: 39/83

Ramius Valderón: 49/83
Fiskness: 4/25
Self-Pittitude: 10/12
Nationhood protection: 20/28
Adventurality: 15/18

The 39 Steps earned a QMBC rating of 51.67 / 83.

Nominations

William Clay

- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Whitby Syme

- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Making Money by Terry Pratchett

Tiger McGavin:

- The Dubliners by James Joyce

Mycroft Webb
- Women by Charles Bukowski

Carl Jameson

- Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amos
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

The Voting

Book	Clay	Webb	Jameson	Syme	McGavin	Total
H2G2	-	-	100	-	100	200
Making Money	100	200	-	-	-	300
The Dubliners	-	-	200	-	-	200
A Midsummer Night's Dream	-	100	-	100	200	400
Lucky Jim	-	-	-	300	-	300
A Confederacy of Dunces	300	300	-	200	-	800
Women	200	-	300	-	300	800

Next: A Confederacy of Dunces

Nearly: Women