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Author: Dick Riley ,
Pam McAllister ,
Dick Riley ,
Pam McAllister
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.600kg
ISBN: 9780826413758
ISBN 10: 0826413757
Pages: 373
Publication Date: 01 September 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
One key element of a classic is the fact that it keeps being discovered with wonderment by new readers. Generations of mystery mavens first encountered the genre in written or dramatic form in the person of Sherlock Holmes, so this new celebration of Arthur Conan Doyle's canon should have appeal. The authors, who compiled a similar companion to Agatha Christie's work (1986), supply capsule descriptions of each tale; each includes data on first publication, a precis of the ""principal predicament,"" a notable quote, and comments on the story's ""notable feature"" and ""oddities and discrepancies."" But this Holmes companion includes more: information about Doyle, Victorian England (and Holmes' London), the British empire, British government (remember Mycroft?), British peerage, British money, the stories' illustrators, actors who've portrayed Holmes and Watson, Sherlock Holmes societies around the world, and a half dozen other helpful subjects. Not an essential acquisition, but likely to circulate where Holmes remains a favorite fictional detective.--Sanford Lakoff ""Booklist "" ""The ideal gift for Christie addicts."" Publishers Weekly ""The ideal gift for Christie addicts.""--Publishers Weekly
The ideal gift for Christie addicts. --Publishers Weekly
Author Information
Dick Riley's novels and plays include collaboration on the best-selling Black Sunday (with Thomas Harris), Rite of Expiation, and the drama Middleman Out. He lives in White Plains, New York. Pam McAllister is the author of ten books, including three others in Continuum's Bedside, Bathtub &Armchair Companion series which she co-authored with Dick Riley, on Shakespeare (2001), Sherlock Holmes (1999), and Agatha Christie (1979). Her other books include Death Defying: Dismantling the Execution Machinery in 21st Century U.S.A. (Continuum, 2003) about ending capital punishment and two books about women's use of nonviolent action for social justice. In 1982, she edited the groundbreaking anthology Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence (New Society Publishers), which the Village Voice called ""one of the most important books you'll ever read."" She currently writes a column for The Progressive Christian magazine.
