The Quallsford Inheritance
A Memoir of Sherlock Holmes from the Papers of Edward Porter Jones, His Late Assistant
by Lloyd Biggle
ISBN: 0140100075
ISBN-13: 9780140100075
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Select Penguin
Published date: 1987
Publisher's Notes
Edward Porter Jones completes his apprenticeship to Sherlock Holmes when Holmes involves himself and Porter in something that exposes them to the strange Emmeline Quallsford, a young lady with a crushing burden.
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The Quallsford Inheritance: A Memoir of Sherlock Holmes from the Papers of Edward Porter Jones, His Late Assistant."
Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Penguin Books, 1987. Paperback. Very good. Great book! No spine creases with mild shelf wear on cover. Pages are clean & lightly tanned on edges. ABOUT THE BOOK\n\nCher: If You Believe\n\nFROM THE PUBLISHER\n\nThis revealing, detailed biography gives the full story behind Cher's dazzling four-decade professional career, and also explores her turbulent personal relationships. Cher is the authoritative portrait of the flamboyant and always engaging superstar for whom the beat goes on and on.\n\nFROM THE CRITICS\n\nPublishers Weekly\n\nSomeone once joked that after a nuclear holocaust, the only living creatures will be cockroaches and Cher. Cherlyn Sarkisian Bono Allman (aka Cher) has certainly demonstrated her survival instincts with career successes that range from hit songs in the 1960s through her first Grammy Award in 2001. Along the way, the outrageous chameleon defied nay-sayers by moving fluidly and successfully between a recording career (she and Aretha Franklin are the only women to have a top-10 hit in each of the last four decades) and film work (winning an Oscar for 1987's Moonstruck; a Golden Globe for 1983's Silkwood; and a Cannes Film Festival Award for 1985's Mask), with brief forays on Broadway (Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean) and in print (her exercise book, Forever Fit). The prolific Bego (who co-authored Dancing in the Streets with Martha Reeves and I'm a Believer with Mickey Dolenz) has assembled a fast-paced and knowledgeable tribute, which, while admiring of the diva, isn't afraid to broach such subjects as plastic surgery. Fans will find a lot more meat here than they did in the diva's own scattershot quasi-memoir, The First Time. Along with the lively writing, Bego offers fans a comprehensive Cher almanac at the back of the book a filmography and discography; the credits for the Sonny & Cher Show; awards; memorable lines from her films; and even a "Boyfriendography" listing all the men she dated between 1962 and 1991. The Supremes' Mary Wilson provides the book's introduction. Photos. Agent, Sasha Goodman. (Sept. 15) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\n\nLibrary Journal\n\nThe persistent and varied career of Cher finds extensive coverage here. An experienced celebrity biographer, Bego covers nearly every high and low of the actress/singer/comedienne's life, from her underprivileged upbringing, through her mid-1980s career implosion, to a 2001 Grammy for her No. 1 single, "Believe." Unfortunately, Bego tends to emphasize the sensationalistic, making the book ring hollow. He glosses over fruitful territory such as Cher's relationship with her lesbian daughter and the sudden death of Sonny Bono in favor of tasteless commentary: "Possessing a fabulous body surgically altered as it may be Cher has never turned the other cheek, but she has often shown her other cheeks." While the book provides an exhaustive discography and filmography as well as a foreword by ex-Supreme Mary Wilson, Cher's irreverence is put to better use in her The First Time (LJ 12/98). Not recommended. Caroline Dadas, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. ISBN: 0140100075. ( more information)
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The Quallsford Inheritance
Biggle, Lloyd
New York: Penguin Books, 1987 Covers worn, with creased spine. Pages toned. ***We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes (not envelopes).***. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ( more information)
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The Quallsford Inheritance: A Memoir of Sherlock Holmes from the Papers of Edward Porter Jones, His Late Assistant
Biggle, Lloyd Jr
U.S.A: Penguin, 1987. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. From Publishers Weekly Biggle is among the many authors who have recently borrowed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth to solve mysteries again. This is a good one, full of the ambience of England in 1900. The narrator is Edward Jones, 16, assistant to Holmes after Dr. Watson retires. Known by his middle name, Porter, the lad reports on an odd request for "pitapayas" in the London market, an invented word that alerts the detective to a possible crime. Emmeline Quallsford mentions "pitapayas" when she asks Holmes to investigate her brother Edmund's death at their seaside estate. Porter and the detective find no motive for the man's supposed suicide, nor for murder. Townspeople had liked Edmund and depended on his small import business for their livelihood. It doesn't take long, however, for Holmes to turn up evidence of smuggling and other chicanery. If the chief evil-doer's identity is no surprise to the great sleuth, it will be to readers. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ( more information)
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The Quallsford Inheritance
Biggle Jr., Lloyd
Penguin (American) [0-14-010007-5] 1987, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Very good. (Sherlockiana). ( more information)
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The Quallsford Inheritance
Biggle Jr., Lloyd
Penguin (American) [0-14-010007-5] 1987, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Very good. . . . (Sherlockiana). ( more information)
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