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The 1st of "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventures, THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION is now a new classic. These reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., recount the unique collaboration of Holmes & the equally great detective of the human psyche, Sigmund Freud, as they solve a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend.
Back in print to tie-in with The Canary Trainer, this "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend.
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Nicholas Meyer, England, Historical, Victorian, Fiction, Classic, Literature, Adventure, Crime, Detective, Mystery, Suspense, Diabolical, Deductions, Humour, Secrets, Conspiracy, Cocaine, Drug, Addiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, Moriarty, professor (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Watson, john h. (fictitious character), fictionPeople
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Moriarity (Fictitious character), Mycroft Holmes (Fictitious character)Times
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Seven-Per-Cent Solution
November 12, 1976, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
0345255887 9780345255884
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
July 12, 1975, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
0345245504 9780345245502
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint From the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
July 1,1974, E.P. Dutton & Co. Ltd., Inc., Dutton
Hardcover
in English
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0525200150 9780525200154
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First discovered and then painstakingly edited and annotated by Nicholas Meyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution related the astounding and previously unknown collaboration of Sigmund Freud with Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Holmes's friend and chronicler, Dr. John H. Watson. In addition to its breathtaking account of their collaboration on a case of diabolic conspiracy in which the lives of millions hang in the balance, it reveals such matters as the real identity of the heinous professor Moriarty, the dark secret shared by Sherlock and his brother Mycroft Holmes, and the detective's true whereabouts during the Great Hiatus, when the world believed him to be dead.--Goodreads
"What a splendid book, what grand fun! A corking good read & a crackling good adventure that performs the delicious miracle of bringing back to life the greatest detective of them all."--Chicago Tribune
Nicholas Meyer's Sherlock Holmes pastiche, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution retroactively changes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem" while confronting Holmes's cocaine addiction and explaining what drives the man. To this end, Meyer dethrones Moriarty and recasts him as Holmes's childhood math tutor who became the focus of Holmes's cocaine addled delusions, for which Watson took the detective to Austria in order to receive the aid of Sigmund Freud. Meyer, like many authors of Holmes pastiche, presents the narrative as a recently discovered manuscript of Watson's writing and, in presenting it in this manner, he adds the occasional footnote with references to other Holmes works or scholarly works based on Sherlockiana as if it were an annotated manuscript. Though Freud is a problematic individual historically, Meyer uses him and his theories in a manner that fits with some of the other pseudoscience in Doyle's original stories. The climactic train chase and sword fight make for a fun action scene. Overall, Meyer's Holmes pastiche entertains and replicates the tone of some of Doyle's writing so that it will entertain fans of the originals.--Goodreads reviewer: DarthDeverell | May 6, 2017 |4 of 5 Stars
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