Book review: Holmes pastiche saved by Meiji era setting and intricate plotting

The narrative of A Scandal In Japan is built around an actual assassination attempt on the life of Russia's Tsarevich, the crown prince Nicholas Alexandrovich, when he was on a tour of Japan in 1891. PHOTO: VERTICAL
Ong Sor Fern
Senior Culture Correspondent
Updated
Jul 08, 2019, 07:06 PM
Published
Jun 10, 2019, 01:45 PM
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: A SCANDAL IN JAPAN

By Keisuke Matsuoka, translated by James Balzer

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