Product Description Omaha Perez' vicious skewering of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary creations is finally collected! This version of the Sherlock Holmes mythos expands on Dr. Watson's revelation that Holmes was a narcotics addict. The World's Greatest Detective is a maniac completely out of his head on drugs at all times and Dr. Watson, his own personal "Dr. Feelgood," isn't much better off! Appearance meets reality as the duo must cope with their handicaps while recovering composer Joseph Haydn's missing skull. From Booklist Ever since Conan Doyle penned his last Holmes and Watson whodunit, imitators have been resurrecting the pair in a colorful variety of further adventures. Perhaps none of those have been quite as bizarre as this risqué Sherlockian spoof from noted comics artist Perez. Holmes’ infamous weakness for narcotics takes center stage in a case involving the disappearance of Joseph Haydn’s skull from a touring exhibition currently in London. His brain addled by chronic cocaine ingestion, Holmes bumbles through bars and bordellos looking for clues, gets tossed on his keister by enraged pub patrons, and narrowly escapes arrest after victimizing an elderly gentleman Holmes insists is his evil nemesis Moriarty. Serving as Holmes’ supposedly sober biographer, Watson doesn’t fare much better, resembling a brawny henchman more than a demure doctor in Perez’s luridly elongated drawing style. Purists who prefer tales that keep the deductive genius’ dignity intact may want to steer clear, but fans open to a few chuckles at Holmes’ expense will find Perez’s iconoclasm refreshing. --Carl Hays

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