*curls up*
My copy of Vols 1 and 2 of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes has just turned up and what it lacks in portability it makes up for in beauty.
I may just have fallen in love with John Le Carre for the Introduction:
"[Watson] is one of the finest story tellers the world has ever listened to. On the rare occasions he leaves the stage to Holmes we long for him to return. Holmes - mercurial, brilliant, complex, turbulent Holmes - is not safe out there alone... he is only half the fellow he becomes the moment faithful Watson takes back the tale...
"Now read on. You have the Final Solution to the collected Sherlock Holmes stories, enriched by a lengthy and learned introduction. Do not be dismayed. Nobody writes of Holmes and Watson without love."
*sigh*
I may just have fallen in love with John Le Carre for the Introduction:
"[Watson] is one of the finest story tellers the world has ever listened to. On the rare occasions he leaves the stage to Holmes we long for him to return. Holmes - mercurial, brilliant, complex, turbulent Holmes - is not safe out there alone... he is only half the fellow he becomes the moment faithful Watson takes back the tale...
"Now read on. You have the Final Solution to the collected Sherlock Holmes stories, enriched by a lengthy and learned introduction. Do not be dismayed. Nobody writes of Holmes and Watson without love."
*sigh*