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Holmes in Minnesota!!
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Ever since Sherlock Holmes came into the public domain, writers of all kinds have tried to recreate the vintage Holmes-Watson fare against the backdrop of gaslit London, an activity that is too profoundly oxymoronic. But Larry Millett has succeded in avoiding this trap by sticking to certain principles, which are:
1. His credentials regarding writing about Minnesota in the 1890-s are strong, to extract maximum leverage from this he has placed his yarn in Minnesota, thereby dispensing with the problematic issue of setting up another adventure in Watson's London.
2. Although his Sherlock Holmes is somewhat different from the 'wisest man' Conan Doyle had envisaged, he is not so different as to be declared an imposter by all (he may be considered to be behaving somewhat oddly, and that also in another country).
3. It is an established fact that no matter how many experiments are conducted, John H. Watson is-was-will remain the best narrator of any adventure concerning Sherlock Holmes; this has been scrupulously followed by Millett, and his language, although not quite Watsonian, has remained English enough.
But of course there are the usual things that happen to be the bane of all Sherlockian pastiches, e.g. an over-fondness on part of the author to 'encash' Sherlock Holmes' inability to decipher women, or to go in for mind-blowing actions that would had never arisen had the authentic Holmes been present, or rather unbelievably(completely unacceptable as well) Holmes putting Watson;s life at risk just to check something out.
However, all things said and done, this is a well-researched and readable pastiche that should be enjoyed by all fans and friends of Sherlock Holmes, not only for the sake of a good adventure, but also to imagine how the master would have fared in other countries as well. |
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