Here’s a book I’m definitely looking forward to next month: The Columbo Companion, 1968-78 (Bonaventure Press), compiled by the anonymous author of The Columbophile Blog.
As he explains, “the book is a collection of my reviews of all 45 ‘classic era’ Columbo episodes that aired between 1968’s Prescription: Murder and 1978’s “The Conspirators.” All the reviews have been revised and updated for print, and include new information not available at the time of publishing the original posts. There are even some very rare updates where I’ve changed my mind on an issue, sometimes after good-natured debate with readers of this very blog. …
“[M]y reviews go into great detail on every aspect of each episode, from the strength of the central clues and gotchas, to the performances, production values and key milestones in Columbo’s character development. What is changing in print is that the episode synopses have been abridged to provide a more succinct overview of each crime and its conclusion before the analysis kicks in. The aim of the book is for it to be an immediate companion to the Columbo viewing experience, wherever readers may be.”
Mark Dawidziak, author of The Columbo Phile (1989, revised 2019) has penned the foreword to this new book, which is supposed to be released on Monday September 19. There are still no ordering links at Amazon or elsewhere online, but they’re promised soon.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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