pickSome years after ACD's death, a typewritten, unpublished Holmes story was found amongst his papers, titled “The Case of the Man who was Wanted“. Its discovery was reported, but the ACD estate said it would not see print as it was a somewhat inferior work. Outraged readers campaigned for its release and so persuaded (🤑💵) it was first published in USA.
Retired English architect, Arthur Whitaker, recognised the story as one he'd sent to ACD years⬇️
pickThe first story, "The Adventure of the First-Class Carriage" is by Monsignor Ronald A. Knox, a Catholic priest who wrote and critiqued detective fiction during the Golden Age of British crime writing, and is perhaps best known for his 10 rules of detective fiction. He also wrote a BBC radio play about a fictitious armed revolution in London in a documentary style which fooled many listeners into believing it was factual, and which Orson Welles ⬇️
Lancelyn Green's story-by-story introduction is an informative read, setting the stage for his selection of homages to Holmes. He states that he has been careful to collect stories that are written as serious 'apocrypha' rather than parodies, so I'm hoping for some quality entries 🔎📖
Paganini's violin concertos 1 & 2 seemed an appropriate musical accompaniment 🎻
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I see from my previous post for this book from two years ago that I celebrated finding it with a chippy dinner of pie, chips & gravy, seeing which has given me the midnight munchies! 😋
This anthology of pastiches was first published in 1985, the stories being drawn from the 1920s onwards.
Editor, Richard Lancelyn Green, was an acknowledged Holmesian expert, who at age 50 was found garroted to death with a shoelace tightened by a wooden spoon. ⬇️
Buenas Aires
Argentina, 1943
Sr J.L. Borges, 44, has completed his shift at the ill-organized Miguel Cané Municipal Library, near the city center, where he works
as first assistant.
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A visually rich companion to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s legendary canon, this book aims to make Holmes‘ world accessible through infographics, summaries, and analysis. It does not disappoint. The book meticulously breaks down all four novels and 56 short stories, providing plot summaries, character bios, and thematic insights. ⬇️
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The infamously litigious estate threatened to sue Whitaker over his claim of authorship, but relented when he provided proofs, and actually were good enough to give him the fee they'd received to help support ⬇️ (edited) 3h
Summarised from this interesting article:
https://sheffielder.net/tag/arthur-whitaker/
So, the story: retitled for this collection “The Adventure of the Sheffield Banker“, far from being inferior, imho, it's a great addition to the canon. Holmes, Watson and Lestrade are well characterised, and the mystery gives Holmes some difficulties, which he naturally overcomes in classic style. I really liked it ? (edited) 3h
🆒 interesting 🕵️♂️👍🏼 info 📚💫. (edited) 3h