A slight trick of the mind : a novel / Mitch Cullin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cullin, Mitch, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holmes, Sherlock--Fiction.

Holmes, Sherlock.

Private investigators--Fiction.

Private investigators.

Older men--Fiction.

Older men.

Genre:

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nan A. Talese, [2005]

Summary:

The legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes is known to millions as the peerless master of deductive reasoning. His world is made up of hard evidence and incontestable facts, his observations and conclusions unsullied by personal feelings. A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND goes behind Holmes's cool, unflappable surface to reveal for the first time the inner world of an obsessively private man. Cullin weaves together Holmes's hidden past, his poignant struggle to retain mental acuity, and his unlikely relationship with his housekeeper's son Roger, and transforms Holmes from the unfathomable, mythic figure of Conan Doyle's novels into an ordinary man, confronting and acquiescing to emotions he's resisted his entire life. At once an engrossing mystery and a gripping character study, a novel that won't be easily forgotten.

ISBN:

0385513283

OCLC:

54767446