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Title: Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung, Richard Lancelyn Green ISBN: 0-14-143933-5 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Nifty bit of Victoriana
Comment: A.J. Raffles is the consumate English gentleman. He's quick witted, polite, has a spotless appearance, excels at cricket . . . and earns his living by burglary.
Horung's Raffles is a sort of counter to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, using his intellect for theft rather than for detection. With his sidekick and chronicler Bunny, Raffles has a series of adventures where pulling of the crime is the key, not catching the criminal. Oddly, Raffles, though a scamp, isn't a monster. He's not a killer, although he contemplates it in the story "Wilful Murder". Also, he's not always sucessful, as in the story "Costume Piece", where Raffles and Bunny escape by the skin of their teeth, empty-handed.
This book is good fun all around. The Penguin edition adds to the fun by extensively annotating the text, giving insight into Horung's sources and motivations. Definitely recommended for people who like Victorian stories, drawing rooms mysteries, crime novels, and mild satires of conventions.
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Title: Fray by Joss Whedon ISBN: 1569717516 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore ISBN: 1563898586 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:Whale Rider ASIN: B0000CABBW Publisher: Columbia Tristar Hom Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.96 |
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Title:Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Special Two-Disc Set) ASIN: B0001DI0FI Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 20 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $39.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $25.99 |
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Title:Finding Nemo ASIN: B00005JM02 Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $20.99 |
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