Publisher's Synopsis
Do you love reading and re-reading the stories of Sherlock Holmes? But are they hard to read because of your being visually impaired or fading eyesight? You're not alone. Millions of readers still prefer the joy and comfort of holding a real book of Sherlock Holmes stories in their hands and slowly turning the pages. If that is you, then here's some good news. The entire series of Sherlock Holmes stories will soon be available in large print, using the best practices for readers who are visually impaired and seniors. The Man with the Twisted Lip is a story of a double life and deception. In it Arthur Conan Doyle gives full play to his fascination with deformed faces and the underworld of opium dens. Mr. Neville St. Clair is a middle-class journalist who enters the dirty and degenerate world of begging. Ugly economic truths come unusually clear to the reader as Holmes works out what is going on. Also featured in this tale is one of the most beautiful of Holmes's clients, f Mrs. Neville St. Clair.
