skygiants

I read this book! I found it irritating for exactly the same reasons you did (SOMEONE needed to go through this book and mark "this is the first appearance of this person, please introduce them!" every time that it did not happen!) BUT ALSO endearing for exactly the same reason you did, because he's just SO enthusiastic.

I have now forgotten every single book that he recommended but I will be looking forward to the glut of Golden Age detective fiction you will surely be reading over the next few months and may add to my TBR that way.