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Summary: Fantastic.
Review: Honestly, I fell in love with the Japanese animated hero, Lupin III, way before I knew the character was based on a much older character. As soon as I found out, I searched long and hard for any of the Arsene Lupin books.After reading this, it's easy to see why it influenced Monkey Punch so easily. It's a fantastic story! Clever and fun to read. I absolutly love Ganimard. It's not hard to see...Zenigata, the inspector who chased the cartoon Lupin III was my favorite character there, too. Heh...
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Summary: Superbly Clever!
Review: I can't believe that so few people in the USA know about the Arsene Lupin books! They're great adventure stories, fast paced, and superbly clever. It seems like they've been overlooked merely because they weren't originally written in English. Arsene Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes is a semi-parody on Sherlock Holmes, yet I think that it's Arsene Lupin that will truly fascinate readers. I'd highly recomend this book and all other Arsene Lupin books to anyone who enjoyed the Scarlet Pimpernel series and wants a bit more fast paced adventure.
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Summary: Superbly Clever!
Review: I can't believe that so few people in the USA know about the Arsene Lupin books! They're great adventure stories, fast paced, and superbly clever. It seems like they've been overlooked merely because they weren't originally written in English. Arsene Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes is a semi-parody on Sherlock Holmes, yet I think that it's Arsene Lupin that will truly fascinate readers. I'd highly recomend this book and all other Arsene Lupin books to anyone who enjoyed the Scarlet Pimpernel series and wants a bit more fast paced adventure.
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Summary: One of the Greatest Burglers ever
Review: I have been a fan of the Anime series "lupin III"for a long time and which is a direct reference to the series created by Maurice Leblanc. Being a Big Sherlock Holmes fan as well, i was surprised to find a take off with lupin as the adversary to the great detective. I must say that this book delivers quite well and is alot of fun to read. Lupin's carefree attitude, effortless escapes, complicated and whimsical traps, and generally gentleman like air make him a joy to read.
To sherlock Holmes Enthusist, Bewarned: this is not the same Sherlock we are all familiar with (his name in the book is Herlock Sholmes with a VERY dimwitted assistant named Wilson) If you are expecting a new sherlock mystery you are in for a treat ;-)
Mystery fans alike will be in for a wild ride as Lupin proves that there's no such thing as impossible!
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Summary: One of the Greatest Burglers ever
Review: I have been a fan of the Anime series "lupin III"for a long time and which is a direct reference to the series created by Maurice Leblanc. Being a Big Sherlock Holmes fan as well, i was surprised to find a take off with lupin as the adversary to the great detective. I must say that this book delivers quite well and is alot of fun to read. Lupin's carefree attitude, effortless escapes, complicated and whimsical traps, and generally gentleman like air make him a joy to read.
To sherlock Holmes Enthusist, Bewarned: this is not the same Sherlock we are all familiar with (his name in the book is Herlock Sholmes with a VERY dimwitted assistant named Wilson) If you are expecting a new sherlock mystery you are in for a treat ;-)
Mystery fans alike will be in for a wild ride as Lupin proves that there's no such thing as impossible!
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Summary: Super Thief
Review: Most English speakers are unfamiliar with Arsene Lupin. He is one of France's most famous fictional characters--a gentleman master thief. He's the sort of anti-hero who uses his brains and his carm to escape from any situation the police may put him in. In this novel, the police have failed to capture Lupin again, so one of the victims calls on the famous English detective Herlock Sholmes (obviously Sherlock Holmes). The Holmes of this novel is a little different than the Holmes of Conan Doyle. This Holmes is a little more rigid and cold-hearted than Doyle's Holmes. He works like a machine and is always hot on Lupin's tracks. The world's greatest detective verses the world's greatest thief--who will win?
This novel seems to use an old translation. Some of the phrases are a little old-fashioned, and it seems that the translation was perhaps a bit too tight. If they retranslated this and used a more modern writing style, it would really improve this book. However, this is the only translation available that I know of. Despite this, I still give this book five stars because once you start reading this book, you forget about the structural problems. You just want to find out who will win.
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