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A Study in Scarlet: Sherlock Holmes #1
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Quite clearly marvelous to see how the rules of detective fiction/noir are placed so meticulous and clear in this, the first Sherlock Holmes novel. Halfway the locale turns exotic--Holmes already knows who the culprit is--and, fittingly, the motive is but half the story! What a feeling of pervasive excitement the mid 19th century had with these cerebral, albeit universal, yarns of suspense.
As slight-yet-surprising a tome as (another English hero) James Bond's first foray, Ian Fleming's ultracool "Casino Royale."
As slight-yet-surprising a tome as (another English hero) James Bond's first foray, Ian Fleming's ultracool "Casino Royale."
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Dec 08, 2017 04:15PM
In the middle of reading this in a Doyle collected edition. Interested though not surprised to learn that its critical view of Mormonism has gotten the book removed or moved from/in several schools in the US (recently), according to Wikipedia (iirc).
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I found the Mormon adventure a distraction from a Sherlock Holmes story. Perhaps, at the time, it was no unusual. As well, Sherlock Holmes was, at the writing of this story, a nobody... and the Mormons were, as you say, exotic. So I can understand the purpose, but feel that this element really badly dated the story, for me.
