{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes-a-double-barreled-detective-story-hardcover","title":"Sherlock Holmes: A Double Barreled Detective Story - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA satirical detective story in which Mark Twain engages with the conventions associated with Sherlock Holmes, as popularised by Arthur Conan Doyle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Double Barreled Detective Story\u003c\/em\u003e, Twain adapts the familiar elements of late nineteenth-century detective fiction into a work of humour and exaggeration. The narrative begins in the American West before introducing a figure whose methods echo those of Holmes, though rendered through Twain's characteristic irony and narrative play. The result is not imitation but inversion, using the structure of the detective story to expose its assumptions and excesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1902, the work reflects Twain's later style, in which satire is directed as much at literary convention as at social behaviour. The story occupies an unusual position within his body of work, combining frontier narrative with parody of the increasingly popular detective form. It remains of interest both as a comic experiment and as a contemporary response to one of the most recognisable figures in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468027216093,"sku":"9781515430346","price":41.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/FzGKYGNE3F9781515430346.webp?v=1783341123","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/sherlock-holmes-a-double-barreled-detective-story-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}