Hound of the D'Urbervilles

[shes_a_geek]

Kim Newman, author of the Anno Dracula series, is well-known for creating complex mash-ups of literary figures from different periods in history. In his newest book, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles, Sebastian Moran narrates Prof. Moriarty's misadventures in the seedy underworld of Victorian England. One of the criminals Moriarty

Comments

[delvinan]

Thanks for the reference and discussion! I was not familiar with this at all.

[psychedk]

That is really amusing! I love how so many other authors interpret Raffles (and Bunny) as gay through their own literature XD Makes me happy that it's not just my twisted slash loving brain that sees it ;)

[epiphany_maria]

It is a great book and the Raffles mentions got me to read the actual Raffles stories and buy the DVD and find this community.

[satanassa]

So this author basically writes fan-fiction and gets paid for it? Cool!

Since I love to clutch at straws -- 'got himself shot in South Africa' doesn't necessarily mean Raffles died, right? Right?!