La Singolare Persecuzione di John Vincent Harden
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Questa storia è apparsa per la prima volta in Baker Street Beat, un’eclettica raccolta di scarabocchi sherlockiani, dove attirò l’attenzione dei critici come miglior racconto del libro:
“Se volete leggere un solo apocrifo di Holmes quest’anno, leggeteLa singolare persecuzione di John Vincent Harden che è il più vicino come tono e contenuto al Canone che abbia letto da molto tempo.”
Sherlock Holmes Murder Blog di Felicia Carparelli
“Uno dei migliori racconti apocrifi che abbia mai letto”.
Ross K. Foad, recensione “No Place Like Holmes”
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La Singolare Persecuzione di John Vincent Harden - Dan Andriacco
SHERLOCK HOLMES
IN
LA SINGOLARE PERSECUZIONE
DI
JOHN VINCENT HARDEN
DAN ANDRIACCO
TRADUZIONE DI
GABRIELE CAREDDA
First edition published in 2012
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In Memoria
Bill Russell, Norma Holt, Evelyn Weber
Introduzione: Seguire le impronte di un gigante
L’unico difetto dei racconti canonici di Sherlock Holmes è che non ce ne sono abbastanza. I quattro romanzi e cinquantasei racconti originali (senza contare due opere teatrali e altre opere minori di Sir Arthur Conan Doyle su Sherlock Holmes) riempiono comodamente un unico grande volume.
Dal momento che ciò non è sufficiente e che i vuoti sono fatti per essere colmati, non c’è da sorprendersi se l’ammirevole Philip K. Jones[1] ha stilato un elenco di circa ottomila racconti apocrifi e parodie dei racconti di Sherlock Holmes. A quanto pare, ogni Sherlockiano con la scrittura nel sangue accoglie prima o poi la sfida di scrivere un nuovo racconto con Holmes.
E avere un incentivo non guasta.
Nel 1988, la libreria Mysteries from the Yard di Yellow Springs, nell’Ohio, organizzò un concorso per il miglior racconto apocrifo su Sherlock Holmes. Il premio era un buono della libreria, da cento dollari. Lo trovai irresistibile.
Scrivere un racconto apocrifo su Sherlock Holmes è come seguire le impronte di un gigante, un’impresa che incute timore. Ma