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Title: The First, The Best
Review: I read this book shortly after it first came out and loved it. Baring-Gould, the man who deconstructed Sherlock Holmes so well and creatively, takes on Sherlock's "illegitimate son" here.The speculations (like the above) are extravagant but great fun. The characterizations are better, though. As much loved as Archie is throughout the series, he is even livlier here.Despite "proportional inaccuracies" about the brownstone's floorplan, Baring-Gould really makes us feel like we've walked through the front door.In order to tell the Wolfe story well, you just have to have a hyphenated last name!
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