A great many modern authors have written Sherlock Holmes novels, but perhaps the most unexpected is this one by Jamyang Norbu. When Sherlock Holmes returned from his apparent death in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 short story "The Empty House," the detective mentions having spent some of his years in hiding in India and Tibet. Jamyang, a prominent Tibetan writer, imagines these missing years as only an insider could. In place of Watson the narrator is Huree Chunder Mookherjee, a character from Rudyard Kipling's Kim. A few fantastical elements may rub some Holmes fans the wrong way, but this is overall one of the most energetic and original Sherlock pastiches yet. The first U.S. edition was published as Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Years. -- János
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