The Spectacles of Mr.Cagliostro [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Harry Stephen Keeler publishing house: Ramble House 2009
Harry Stephen Keeler spent a year in the Birkdale Asylum for the Insane and and after that was hell-bent to share some of the good times with his readers. Written in 1924, it's the paranoid tale of a man who simply can't get anyone to believe he's the real heir to his uncle's fortune. Not only that, in order to inherit, he has to wear a pair of godawful heavy blue spectacles-for a whole year! The only person who might help him is the beautiful young nurse from Australia, but she's not really sure who he is. I tell ya, it's enough to drive a man crazy! This 356-page trade paperback contains the complete text of the novel written in 1924.

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The Best Crime Mystery Novel I have read in this year!
keeler读到现在,对他的风格和不着调基本有了大体的认识。线索后置和奇招大梗基本是标配缺点,而plot层面的网状设计带来的优缺点也是一个不落。因而,时常出现互相扯后腿的情况。一直感叹什么时候他能平衡好彼此之间的差差异性——从这方面而言,本作算是目前最优解。
故事讲述一个富家子弟不仅没法继承千万家产,还背上了一个奇怪的赌局,并在之后被卷入一场难以逃脱的陷阱之中。本作可以说是完全发挥作者的长处,削弱了案件的属性,通篇只以plot取胜。看男主在被陷害进精神病院后,如何一步步摸清情况,通过一系列巧合和伏笔的串联最终反败为胜。情节的跃动可比其他作品强多了。
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