Holmes' last case.
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Holmes' last case.
14.99 €
11.99 €
June 1960. Thirteen people, a hotel on a small Greek island, the suddenly discovered corpse of one of the guests. As the storm rages around, no one leaves the island and no one arrives on the island, including the police. However, as fate would have it, among those stranded on the island is Hopalong Basil, a movie star from Hollywood's golden age who played Sherlock Holmes in fifteen films. And if you've been playing the famous London detective on the big screen for years and know all Conan Doyle's stories about him by heart, it doesn't matter that you're not so young anymore, your heyday is probably past, new stars have replaced you, and Sherlock Holmes has been replaced by burned-out noir anti-heroes. If a murder happens, who will investigate it but you? Arturo Perez-Reverte - former military journalist, celebrated author of brilliant historical, military, adventure and detective novels, translated into forty languages, the creator of the cycle of Captain Diego Alatrista, the owner of the most prestigious literary awards. "The Last Case of Holmes" - his bow (hopefully not the last) to the genre of classical detective, where the investigation requires a cold mind, imagination and talent for deduction, rather than spectacular revolver shooting, fights in dark alleys, flashing neon signs outside the window and the indispensable bourbon in the desk drawer. There's a battle of wits going on here. Holmes, Watson, Professor Moriarty will be here - Irene Adler is not out of the question. And the love of books will certainly be here, too, because reading remains one of the few - perhaps the most important - of our weapons against evil, death, and chaos.
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