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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself by Val Andrews ISBN: 0-947533-70-2 Publisher: Breese Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)

Rating: 2
Summary: A book that should have lost itself
Comment: As a general rule, I quite enjoy the Sherlock Holmes pastiches that Val Andrews writes. But not this one.

My impression is that the idea for a short story occurred, but it was padded out to make is a short novel instead. Worse still, there is very little in the way of deduction in this story.

The title itself is a little misleading, and the depiction of the regulars (including Inspector Lestrade) is done more as parodies than characters.

And then there is a jokey bit, where law officers refuse to believe that Holmes and Watson are themselves because they don't look like the Sidney Paget illustrations from the Strand magazine. The author found this so enjoyable that it gets used twice.

Not atrocious, but not what I'd expect from Val Andrews either.

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