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E. W. Hornung (1866–1921) was a British author whose most famous creation, A. J. Raffles, appeared in such follow-ups to The Amateur Cracksman as The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, and the full-length novel Mr. Justice Raffles. He was married to Constance Doyle, the sister of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Robert Giddings is an eminent literary critic who reviews for such publications as the Guardian, the New Statesman, and the Sunday Times.
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An English gentleman's honor is beyond reproach or suspicion even in the case of Raffles, a national cricket star and an utterly charming and accomplished thief who turns to crime to sustain a lifestyle he can ill afford. Alas, our intimacy with this fascinating protagonist and his accomplice is hindered by a labored, often torpid narration, which is heedless to the text's dramatic cues. Although Covell approximates a "top-drawer" English accent, he cannot sustain it; his attempts at regional dialects are inconsistent and lapse into painful parody. Perhaps a native speaker might have succeeded better in capturing the flavor of Victorian society, wherein the appearance of honor and position, so delineated by language, is to be respected above all else. B.M.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0140000631
- ISBN 13 9780140000634
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