Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles (Audiobook)

from wmorton38

Disappointing. The author should have left the case closed. There are quite a few problems with the book. Two have to do with the author who is a psychoanalyst and French. The problem with him being a psychoanalyst is that he writes like one. Much of the middle part of the book is a lot of back a...

from Philotera

The fog swirls along shuttered streets. Voices make their disembodied way in the mist, now near, now fading off. An ominous howl warns mariners from these ancient rocks, lest they join their drowned brothers in the octopus quadrille. There's a sudden gasp as tendrils of fog part to reveal a giant...

from TadAD

I wish this 188 page book had been about 133 pages long but, otherwise, enjoyed it. Peter Bayard's notion is that the characters of a novel live and operate independently of their author and that the latter is often unaware of the true events taking place in a story (the quote from Jasper Fforde...

from Achromatic

This book is playful, funny and amazing and adds so much to its subject. Having read THotB though is pretty much required preparation, and ideally some more Sherlock Holmes stories. However, a caveat: This book requires you to like metafiction and be prepared to tolerate a charming arrogance/wa...

from Achromatic

This book is playful, funny and amazing and adds so much to its subject. Having read THotB though is pretty much required preparation, and ideally some more Sherlock Holmes stories. However, a caveat: This book requires you to like metafiction and be prepared to tolerate a charming arrogance/wa...