Assane going from janitor to gentleman is a master of disguises for sure! Good show so far from what I've watched. I'm sort of surprised about your review of the book, thought it might be as intriguing as the show. I've watched the first 2 episodes, it definitely has twists and turns in it, lots of surprises and good acting. I do like vintage crime and mysteries (like the wonderful British Crime Library series) but sometimes it just doesn't work quite so well! Alas.

I'll have to check out the netflix series. I like this one better, even though the food scenes are also not detailed. 'I think that, of all the thousand ways of cooking eggs, en cocotte is the best.'' (p. ''By Jove, how good these eggs are!' he said. Victoire hovered about him, pouring out his coffee and putting sugar into it.

'He fell upon his breakfast with the appetite but not the manners of a wolf. Or at the end, after Arsène has been running away from the police all night, this is all we learn: The author includes little detail: 'Jean took two bottles of wine, a rich-looking pie, a sweet, and carried them to the drawing-room.' (p. Food scenes (which I always look for in detective fiction) are disappointing as well. The original Lupin can change his appearance in seconds with no clear effort, which isn't very convincing. In the new 'Lupin' series, the elusive burglar is shown laboriously creating his elaborate and ingenious disguises by using makeup and false facial features. ''That power of fascination which some men exercise on women is one of those mysteries which science should investigate before it does anything else,' said the Duke, in a reflective tone.' (p. The plot is complicated, but not very suspenseful, there are too many servants and policemen, the Paris local color is lacking (although it is set in Paris), and the dialog is stilted. I read this book out of curiosity after watching the five available episodes of the new Netflix series 'Lupin.' Unfortunately, I don't think the original is as enjoyable as the reinterpretation, featuring a twenty-first century gentleman thief who models his exploits on the very popular original. In France, it remains as popular as the contemporary Sherlock Holmes stories in England, or as the slightly later novels by Agatha Christie, though now that I've read one, I understand why Arsène Lupin is not as popular in English-speaking countries as these stories. There are a huge number of editions of these books with a wide variety of covers, usually featuring Lupin with his gentlemanly top hat. Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar by Maurice Leblanc is one of twenty four books about the fictitious criminal named Arsène Lupin, a series that began in 1905.

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