A Slight Trick of the Mind, Mitch Cullin
A Slight Trick of the Mind, Mitch Cullin
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A Slight Trick of the Mind

Author: Mitch Cullin

Narrator: Simon Jones

Unabridged: 7 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2005


Synopsis

This beautiful literary novel imagines Sherlock Holmes at age ninety-three.

His phenomenal mental acuity diminishing and the emotional life he had always resisted pushing its way to the surface, the world's greatest detective is forced to confront the most baffling mystery of his career, that of the meaning and significance of his own inner life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

To start, this is not a mystery story. It is a character study of Holmes as a human not the figure/trope of Conan-Doyle. As an exploration into the inner monologue of an aging introspective celebrity, it's beautiful. I found it moving and incredibly sad...a slice of life, a peek behind the curtain.......more

Goodreads review by AMEERA

any book about Sherlock Holmes absolutely I'm gonna read it......more

Goodreads review by LeeLee

This book is set after WWII. Sherlock Holmes is in his 90s and suffering from Alzheimers and frailty. He lives with his maid, her young son, and his large collection of bees. When the story starts, he has just returned from his trip to Japan. There are three layers to this tale: 1) The present, in w......more

Goodreads review by Oscar

Muchos son los autores que han recogido el testigo legado por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, escribiendo aventuras sobre su eterno personaje como protagonista (unas con más acierto que otras, pero todas lejos del clásico). En 'Un sencillo truco mental', Mitch Cullin intenta ser más original y nos presenta......more