Raffles

the amateur cracksman

by

165 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2008 by Atlantic Books.

ISBN:
978-1-84354-854-6
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OCLC Number:
241046041

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5 stars (1 review)

Gentleman thief Raffles and his sidekick Harry "Bunny" Masters attempt a series of thefts: but will they get away with it?

95 editions

reviewed Raffles by E. W. Hornung (Raffles, #1)

Delightful Inversion

5 stars

I love the Raffles stories. They're a delightful inversion of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with the gay subtext /nearly/ laid bare. Bunny, the Dr. Watson analog, is absolutely in love with Raffles, and expresses his shame as though it were purely a symptom of their life of crime, but modern readers will see right through that.

Subjects

  • Raffles (Fictitious character)
  • Jewel thieves
  • Raffles (Fictional character)
  • Thieves
  • Fiction

Places

  • England
  • London
  • London (England)