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  • A Double-Barreled Detective Story

  • By: Mark Twain
  • Narrated by: Thomas Becker
  • Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
  • 3.2 out of 5 stars (35 ratings)

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A Double-Barreled Detective Story

By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Thomas Becker
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Publisher's summary

Mark Twain is at his irreverent best with this hilarious parody of the 19th-century mystery. The tale begins with the murder of Flint Buckner and a heinous crime against a young woman. A man with special gifts - no less a personage than Sherlock Holmes! - enters the scene to solve the mystery and avenge the lady. He matches wits with an improbable villain, Archy Stillman, while Ham Sandwich and Wells Fargo look on, and almost gets himself lynched in the process.

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Critic reviews

" Detective Story is a twisting, funny tale." ( Library Journal)
"Mark Twain deserves to be heard aloud.... Becker does him justice with his professional and hilarious performances." (The Society for Performance Literature)

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Sherlock Holmes needs wolverine

OK the character wasn’t called wolverine. It was called hound boys. But the character did high mutant powers make no mistake. And Sherlock Holmes was Sherlock Holmes. I’m shocked this hasn’t been made into a major motion picture. It really should.

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