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Title: The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson by Nicholas Meyer ISBN: 0-393-31241-0 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A dissenting opinion
Comment: I've read all three of Nicholas Meyer's Sherlockian pastiches, and oddly enough, this one's my favorite. Yes, it lacks Watson, yes, everyone already knows the story of the Phantom of the Opera, and yes, Meyer stupidly describes a real-life character as dead when he was actually very much alive - but the plot is fast-paced, and Holmes makes a good enough narrator that Watson's absence doesn't hurt as much as it might. Although it has Irene Adler in it, Meyer knows better than to turn the book into a romance. In fact, Holmes' reaction to Adler's presence is nicely ambiguous; while he's clearly attracted/fascinated by "the woman," he just as clearly wishes she'd go away and leave him alone! Get it from the library and see if it appeals to you before you buy it.
Rating: 2
Summary: The Strange Case of the Opera Ghost
Comment: Meyer continues his version of Sherlock Holmes with a tale of Holmes' lost years after the "Moriarty Problem." Holmes becomes a violinist for the Paris Opera and through the intervention of Irene Adler, becomes involved in the strange case of the "opera ghost." There are many problems with this novel. Watson's presence is sorely missed and efforts to replace his role with characters from the opera are unsuccessful. Irene Adler's inclusion is an uneccessary distraction and is used soley to comment on Holmes' sexual repression. The case itself is so familiar to the reader that only the inclusion of Holmes changes the basic story, thus there are no surprises.(who doesn't know the basics of Laroux's Phantom?) This was a very disappointing sequel to Meyer's other Holmes' novels and wasn't owrth the wait.
Rating: 3
Summary: 'you must forget the man called Erik'
Comment: I liked this book because it combined my two favourite characters: the phantom of the opera (Erik) and Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock stayed the remarkable genius that he is(even though he blundered miserbly sometimes-but,hey,YOU try to do better). But I was really disappointed with the treatment of Erik. Meyer calls him 'the creature' and makes him more insane than even in the original book! Personally, I the most appealling thing about Erik is that he IS a sympathetic character hopelessly in love with Christine Daae. This is why I 'liked' the Canary Trainer, not 'loved' it. (P.S.-Having Gaston Leroux as the music instucter was a creative touch)
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Title: The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D. by Nicholas Meyer ISBN: 0393311538 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. (Norton Paperback) by Nicholas Meyer ISBN: 0393311198 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes by Martin Harry Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower ISBN: 0786710810 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by John Dickson Carr, Adrian Conan Doyle ISBN: 0517203383 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0312280939 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 12 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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