The Big Bow Mystery is a masterpiece of the form, as compelling a story today as when it was first published. The author has produced a seminal crime novel - the original locked room mystery.
With a flair for storytelling and a literate style comparable to his contemporary, Charles Dickens, Israel Zangwill concocts a heady satire of Victorian England, setting his scene in London's picturesque Bow district. His hero is the colorful retired police inspector Grodman, whose egotism and brilliance bear striking resemblance to that most famous 19th century fictional sleuth - Sherlock Holmes.
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" Great locked door mystery; one of the first? Has worn well over the years. . "
" I liked this book. A whodunit, based in Victorian England, with a bit of a surprise ending. "
" The language is rather a delight, but the plot isn't as ingenious. Oh well, its still an old English mystery. "
" This book was okay. I expected a bit more (the ending was predictable and the pace pedantic), but the story was relatively interesting and worth the 3 stars I've given it. "
Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), was a noted Jewish spokesman, writer, and translator. Born in London, he went to school at Plymouth and Bristol but was mainly self-taught, graduated with honors from London University, and after teaching became a journalist. A leading Zionist, he wrote poems, plays, novels, and essays and became widely known by his Jewish tales of the ghetto, establishing his reputation with their sympathetically critical portrayal at a time when alien immigration was a burning issue.
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