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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 1, 2018 13:15:07 GMT
Horowitz is a hack who has hit lucky. Quite incredibly, in a later paperback of edition of The House of Silk, he lists ten do's and don'ts of how to write a Holmes pastiche. One German review, whose reader was very lukewarm about the novel, listed 15 elements which lesser writers of Holmes pastiches include in their stories. From a walk on (or more) of Mycroft, references of Irene Adler and old cases, to the usual catch phrases. Horowitz included 14  Personally I thought the list a bit too narrow. Doyle adhered to a formula, especially in the domestic scenes of Holmes' and Watson's shared flat. I guess true Holmes fans have written books about this, but some elements have to be included. I like a lot of Hororwitz' tv work. His screenplays for Midsumer Murders or Foyle's War. But I draw a line at books like his latest, where he is own hero.
He's very bumptious in his interviews. |
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