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The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession - David Grann
The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B0043VD4P0
Pages no: 356
Edition language: English
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wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it
A collection of Grann's investigative pieces, on subjects ranging from the mysterious death of a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast to the decaying career of a former baseball star. There's no connecting thread, so although the articles themselves seem well-researched and pretty well-written, I wasn't wowe...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0
A wonderful collection of essays by David Grann. In keeping with his book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, Gramm focuses on obsession. Whil a good portion of the essays focus on crime or crime related stories, there are some notable ones that do not. In this collectio...
Mark Books
Mark Books rated it
3.0 The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession (Vintage)
This is a great collection for anyone who likes compelling long-form journalism. Grann's subjects are fascinating and his ability with narrative exceptional. For a sample, check out "The Squid Hunter". [full review]
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it
3.0
Good book, but be prepared for it to be very dryly written. It is not written in the normal fashion of your true crime books. This is the type of "true crime" book that is written from a historical perspective vs. "fluffy writing".
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it
4.0
Grann's the author of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, and he's super fun to read. This is a collection of essays, mostly from the New Yorker, about...well, loosely about people who are obsessed with things. The first essay's about the world's foremost expert on Arthur...
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