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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.6
EAN num: 9780194791212
ISBN number: 0194791211
Label: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Page Count: 72
Printing Date: March 15, 2008
Publishing house: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Sale Popularity Level: 792705
Studio: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
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For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes - but why was the report kept hidden for so long? This is the story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote. It is a strange and frightening tale . . .
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If you enjoy shock value masquerading as talent, then this is for you! Step right up, folks, see a clown in an old man suit ride on the coat tails of a famous literary character! Read in fascination as a distorted ego pens letters on a page! Weep as your beloved characters are mutilated by unfathomable literary talent. Act now, and you will get two, count 'em, two books useful for lining your birdcage!
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This certainly does not encourage me to read other tomes by Michael Dibdin. The story as imagined does nothing to enhance the Holmes legend and only perverts. It takes the character's flaws that make him human in Doyle's works and makes poor old Holmes an inhuman monster. Take any well known fictional character and alter the characteristics we love best and you no longer have the character. In essence this is what Dibdin did which ultimately makes the story an exercise of the authors wit or lack thereof and not about the character we have grown to love.
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Adding to the subgenera of Holmes vs. the Ripper, Michael Didbin weighs in with the most controversial and shocking Ripper/Holmes tale of all. I will not give any spoilers away, but SH purists will probable take offence to the relationship between Holmes and his ach nemesis Moriarty. If you can approach this book as a stand-alone mystery by a talented author intent on taking the character of Sherlock Holmes into a dark and uncharted territory and enjoy mystery fiction like The Crime Doctor, or Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula: The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count,then I am certain that this thrilling novel will provided you with quite a few lively nights of suspenseful reading.
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Reviewing this work in itself is going to be a spoiler for future readers, so let me keep my posting as succint as possible:
1. It is one of the finest pastiches that I have come across, with an element of honesty that tends to envelope you.
2. It is a very painful work that saddens you to an extent that I considered impossible, before reading this work.
3. Read it, but don't lose faith. If the Church can survive the entire gamut of conspiracy theories, we can also survive.
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What would have happened if Sherlock Holmes had tried to catch Jack the Ripper? This interesting premise forms the basis for this book, and leads to a surprising and alarming conclusion. In keeping with Doyle's style, this book is written from Dr. Watson's point of view, and draws the reader into the narrative as well as the best of the original Holmes stories. The characters ring true, and the story is full of surprises and unexpected twists, making this a worthy addition to the body of work about the great detective.
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