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A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes - 'Joseph R.G. DeMarco', 'J.R. Campbell', 'Elka Cloke', 'William P. Coleman', 'Michael G. Cornelius', 'Lyn C.A. Gardner', 'Rajan Khanna', 'Vincent Kovar', 'Stephen Osborne', 'Katie Raynes'
A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes
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What other characters from English literature have captivated hearts and minds as thoroughly as Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion John Watson? Many fans imagine the relationship between these men is deep and more than platonic. In A Study in Lavender, the Holmes universe is queered and... show more
What other characters from English literature have captivated hearts and minds as thoroughly as Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion John Watson? Many fans imagine the relationship between these men is deep and more than platonic. In A Study in Lavender, the Holmes universe is queered and authors have devised stories in which Holmes and Watson are lovers, or investigate mysteries of inverts hidden from the laws and cultures of the Victorian era; even the indomitable Lestrade has his turn at love; and eerie apparitions in the night sky, reminiscent of Jules Verne, draw Holmes to Cleveland Street, home to an infamous scandal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781590210383 (1590210387)
ASIN: 1590210387
Publisher: Lethe Press
Pages no: 358
Edition language: English
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Intensely Focused
Intensely Focused rated it
I enjoyed this anthology, though a few of the stories did suffer from the Watson isn't terribly smart/completely oblivious problem. I really wish the final story had continued because it ends on a frustratingly ambiguous note. Many of the stories were actually quite sweet and the couple involved was...
Witty Little Knitter
Witty Little Knitter rated it
4.0
The stories:The Adventure of the Bloody Coins: A story in which Mycroft is a suspect and Holmes helps him. Somehow too short too say much about it. Occassionally with short-stories I have the feeling to read a first draft and not a completed story and this was one of these cases. The crime got solve...
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