Collected Raffles (Everyman's Library (Paper)) [Paperback]

E. W. Hornung (Author)

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Publication Date: December 15, 1993 | Series: Everyman's Library (Paper)

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• Paperback: 430 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks (December 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0460873938
• ISBN-13: 978-0460873932
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,045,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Holmes and Watson in reverse, April 26, 2010

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This review is from: Collected Raffles (Everyman's Library (Paper)) (Paperback)

As a longtime Sherlock Holmes fan who has read too many pastiches that don't capture the Conan Doyle spirit, I can't believe that I only recently heard of A.J. Raffles. Written by Conan Doyle's close friend and brother-in-law E.W. Hornung, the Raffles stories, about a master thief and his less talented partner and chronicler, manage to capture the spirit and the fun of the original Holmes stories. As with Holmes, we meet Raffles early in his career and see him go from amateur to master thief to...his own version of beekeeping on the Sussex Downs. Along the way Hornung takes a number of pokes at his brother-in-law, some subtle and some not so.

If you've read all of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories and want to read more, Raffles is the closest that I've found.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Old-style mystery with a touch of the quaint and bizarre, March 3, 1999

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This review is from: Collected Raffles (Everyman's Library (Paper)) (Paperback)

Ripping yarns with a strange homosexual subtext--Raffles' sidekick Bunny, who "fagged" for him at school, has a disturbing tendency to dress in women's clothing on the odd whim...