January 3rd 2012
A newly imagined Sherlock Holmes tale
Sherlock Holmes will never die — no generation of writers would let him.
Someone will always lovingly gather the classic pieces — Dr. John Watson, the Baker Street Irregulars, Holmes’ smarter brother Mycroft, even the cocaine use — and reassemble them.
Generally, whether it’s a novel, a movie or a TV series, it’s either a homage to the much-loved stories, or a reimagining that takes the familiar elements into new and often darker places. Michael Dibdin’s The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, which added Jack the Ripper to the mix, might be the most extreme case of a reimagining.
The House of Silk reads for most of its length like a homage. It’s enormousl
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Yes, I know that all the books are supposed to be about Lisbeth Salander and the miserable existence that she has been forced to lead at the hands of a secret organization, but it’s really about Mikael Blomkvist. His altruistic personally and his complete intolerance for injustice is central to the story. Daniel Craig fits the bill for me as a believable Blomkvist, right down to his natural demeanor, not to mention his parallel looks to Sweden’s Michael Nyquist.