Mr Holmes
- 4 Jun 2015
- 9781782113317
- £9.99
- 272 pp
- 129×198mm
- 29 May 2014
- 9781782113324
- £7.99
- 272 pp
- 29 May 2014
- 9781782114994
- £17.99
- 7 hrs 12 min
In a few words
Paperback edition of Mitch Cullin’s novel to tie in with Bill Condon’s film starring Ian McKellen, released 2015
In a few words
A devastating literary novel about Sherlock Holmes, soon to be a major film
In a few words
A devastating literary novel about Sherlock Holmes, soon to be a major film
Sherlock Holmes as you've never seen him before
Extremely touching
Beautiful . . . It's what a novel should be
A wise and touching examination of the human condition
Beautiful . . . It's what a novel should be
A wise and touching examination of the human condition
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NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING IAN McKELLEN
It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends to his bees, writes in his journal, and grapples with the diminishing powers of his mind.
But in the twilight of his life, as people continue to look to him for answers, Holmes revisits a case that may provide him with answers of his own to questions he didn’t even know he was asking – about life, about love, and about the limits of the mind’s ability to know.
Previously published as A Slight Trick of The Mind.
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“Why’d she come here? Why’d she come to you?”
A cloud passed over the sun, casting a long shadow across the gardens.
“Hope, I suspect,” said Holmes. “It seems I am known for discovering answers when events appear desperate.”
It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends to his bees, writes in his journal, and grapples with the diminishing powers of his mind.
But in the twilight of his life, as people continue to look to him for answers, Holmes revisits a case that may provide him with answers of his own to questions he didn’t even know he was asking-about life, about love, and about the limits of the mind’s ability to know.
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“Why’d she come here? Why’d she come to you?”
A cloud passed over the sun, casting a long shadow across the gardens.
“Hope, I suspect,” said Holmes. “It seems I am known for discovering answers when events appear desperate.”
It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends to his bees, writes in his journal, and grapples with the diminishing powers of his mind.
But in the twilight of his life, as people continue to look to him for answers, Holmes revisits a case that may provide him with answers of his own to questions he didn’t even know he was asking-about life, about love, and about the limits of the mind’s ability to know.
Beautiful . . . It's what a novel should be
A curious, unusual and wonderful novel
Original and surprising
A wise and touching examination of the human condition
Cullin is an unusually sophisticated theorist of human nature . . . Beautiful
Wonderfully written and heartbreaking
Quite extraordinary . . . Our hero-our eternal hero-has never been more heroic, or more human
This is literary crime fiction at its best
Cullin is an unusually sophisticated theorist of human nature . . . Beautiful
Wonderfully written and heartbreaking
Quite extraordinary . . . Our hero-our eternal hero-has never been more heroic, or more human
This is literary crime fiction at its best
Mitch Cullin
View profileMitch Cullin is the author of ten books, including the novel Tideland, the film adaptation of which was directed by Terry Gilliam, and the novel-in-verse, Branches. He lives in California’s San Gabriel Valley, and as a teenager was featured in USA Today in 1984 as one of the foremost Holmes fans in the world.
Mitch Cullin
View profileMitch Cullin is the author of ten books, including the novel Tideland, the film adaptation of which was directed by Terry Gilliam, and the novel-in-verse, Branches. He lives in California’s San Gabriel Valley, and as a teenager was featured in USA Today in 1984 as one of the foremost Holmes fans in the world.
Mitch Cullin
View profileMitch Cullin is the author of ten books, including the novel Tideland, the film adaptation of which was directed by Terry Gilliam, and the novel-in-verse, Branches. He lives in California’s San Gabriel Valley, and as a teenager was featured in USA Today in 1984 as one of the foremost Holmes fans in the world.
