A samba for Sherlock
By: Jô Soares ; translated from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers.
Contributors: Landers, Clifford E.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Fiction
Description: "Translation of the well-known comedian and comic writer's first novel, Xangô de Baker Street (1995). A playful tale full of intriguing historical details about Rio in 1886 when Sarah Bernhardt visited for the first time, includes all sorts of actual historical figures, political and literary, along with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and awards Brazil credit for originating the notion of 'serial killer.' Translation is fluent and fun to read, with occasional excessive literalisms and at times awkward explanations for readers unfamiliar with Brazil"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-271).