![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've told you before that the biggest man alive is the man who's committed a murder, and not yet been found out at least he ought to be, but he so very seldom has the soul to appreciate himself. "A matter of opinion, my dear Bunny I don't mean it for rot. before reading this collection of stories, i had visions of hutton's character nate ford, and the great french character arsène lupin or baroness orczy's scarlett pimpernel but instead found raffles anticipating leopold and loeb: ![]() there is no doubt that raffles is in some ways the progenitor of this type of character but in reading the book i realized the only redress was being made to "the cracksman"'s pocket. and i can't say i don't normally adore the idea of working outside the law to balance the scales of justice - i watch timothy hutton's modern-day robin hood crew on leverage as often as possible. The idea of raffles, the gentleman thief, obverse of the legendary sherlock holmes, gentleman detective (the creation of hornung's esteemed brother-in-law arthur conan doyle), thrills me. ![]()
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