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Title: The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder: A Sherlock Holmes Story by Daniel Gracely ISBN: 0-9714041-1-9 Publisher: Grandma's Attic at Gracely's Pub. Date: 14 November, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Worth the Read: Apples Just As Good As Oranges
Comment: This is the second book I've read by this author. 'Strange Doings' is definitely different than Gracely's first book (Giant Rat of Sumatra), but still worth the read. I have to pretty much agree with everything said by the reviewer from Philadelphia who likewise rates this 4 stars. Let me just add that although this who-dun-it has, in fact, a relationship between morality and art, not everyone with blood on their hands turns out to be a Modernist. On a different note, it's nice to see this author branching out a bit: this story appears to be 2 to 3 times longer than his first book, and certainly strikes a contrast in content.
Rating: 4
Summary: Morality and Aesthetics meet Sherlock Holmes
Comment: In "The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder," Daniel Gracely unfolds a morality tale about the consequences of wrong or misguided actions. Sherlock Holmes encounters a former jewel-thief he had let go free in Conan-Doyle's "Blue Carbuncle." The thief, J. Leslie Ryder, had fled England for a South Sea Island, Gaugain-style. In Gracely's imaginative sequel, we see what unfolds from Ryder's abandonment of his family, as a result of Holmes's perhaps misjudged mercy. Gracely has a strong sense of morality, and his story unfolds in a tragic echo-chamber of ever-mounting ironies. There is a deep sense of the human toll left in the wake of capricious or self-serving choices.
Gracely draws his characters with real urgency and vividness. Some of the characters he introduces into Conan-Doyle's world seem to leap off the page, and live and breathe before us. There are also rich descriptive passages, full of pathos and suspense, and some quite humorous and playful moments.
Gracely also sets a lot of the action within the world of art, building the thesis that an artist's personal morality is expressed in the style and manner of his work.
Real events of the time in which the story is set-- within the world of art, and beyond-- are woven into the story in interesting ways, forming an intriguing interplay between Conan-Doyle's world of the near-omniscient detective, and real history.
All in all, "The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder" is an absorbing read for a winter's night, and will hold your attention from the first page to the tense conclusion.
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Title: The Singular Adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Alan Stockwell ISBN: 1843750104 Publisher: UPSO Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Duel With the Devil by Roger Jaynes ISBN: 0947533753 Publisher: Breese Books Ltd Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Shadows Over Baker Street by MICHAEL REAVES, JOHN PELAN ISBN: 0345455282 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Ted Riccardi ISBN: 1400060656 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Alias Simon Hawkes: Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in New York by Philip J. Carraher ISBN: 1403369925 Publisher: 1stBooks Library Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
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