An English Professor's Views on "The Final Page of Baker Street"
[Daniel Victor has] succeeded wonderfully on all counts: premise, plot, theme, tone, etc. The greatest achievement, I think, is in his command of voice: he's done both Watson and Chandler to a T, finding a voice for the younger Chandler which nicely foreshadows his later writing, slightly-over-the-top similes and all. So cool! As is the over-arching premise, with Chandler as page in Baker Street--just marvelous. As you've no reason to recall, I taught a course (some time in the Lower Pleistocene) on Detective Fiction Between the Wars, cheating a little and starting with Doyle, as one must , and cheating a bit at the other end, as I recall, with Chandler. In any case, I know and have taught those voices, and think Danny has done a bang-up job.
Published on January 27, 2015 09:50
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A New Story to Help the Undershaw Preservation Trust
Announcing my new short story, "The Adventure of the Aspen Papers," in which Sherlock Holmes meets another American author--Henry James, this time.The story is part of an anthology from MX Publishing
Announcing my new short story, "The Adventure of the Aspen Papers," in which Sherlock Holmes meets another American author--Henry James, this time.The story is part of an anthology from MX Publishing due out in the fall entitled "The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories: Traditional Tales Assembled for the Benefit of the Undershaw Preservation Trust."
Undershaw, Arthur Conan Doyle's home in Surrey (1897-1907), fell into disrepair, and the Preservation Trust is doing what it can to raise funds to restore the building. (www.facebook.com/saveundershaw)
More news to follow as it becomes available. ...more
Undershaw, Arthur Conan Doyle's home in Surrey (1897-1907), fell into disrepair, and the Preservation Trust is doing what it can to raise funds to restore the building. (www.facebook.com/saveundershaw)
More news to follow as it becomes available. ...more
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