The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet: The Adventures of the Great Detective in Tibet Paperback – 16 May 2003

A perfect book describing the beauty terrain and the culture of Tibet with winding stories.

Excellent! It's so tempting and could complete in one shot.

Absolutely brilliant book.

This book is one of my favorites. Brilliantly written and the narrative is unique. Marvelous work. Why is there not a Kindle version Amazon?

After reading this, I made it a point that I would read all the previous editions of Sherlock Holmes. And special thanks to Jamyang Norbu la for making this novel such an exciting read. Proud of you Jamyang la - you are the only Tibetan to make it reach this far in Tibetan literary world.

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It is inherently difficult to execute a good pastiche. On one hand, if you adhere too closely to the style and theme of the original, you are accused of lack of originality, or even plagiarism. On the other hand, if you give too free a rein to your imagination, your work will be faulted for lacking the flavour of the original, which had attracted the reader in the first place!Jamyang Norbu’s monumental work manages to avoid this dilemma by having a very credible (and quintessentially English) Holmes in exotic Indian and Tibetan settings. This book is truly the last word on the great hiatus in the Sherlock Holmes saga: the missing years between The Final Problem and The Empty House, when Holmes visited Lhasa disguised as the Norwegian explorer Sigersson. The author has not only resurrected Conan Doyle’s Holmes, but also developed Kipling’s “Hurree Chunder Mookerjee” as a very engaging Indian version of Dr. Watson. The references to Indian, Tibetan and Chinese history, geography, customs and languages appear to be quite authentic, coming from a renowned scholar of Tibetology who has spent most of his life in India.Despite the overall excellence of this book, I cannot help pointing out a few shortcomings. Throughout the book, Hurree keeps addressing Sherlock as “Mr. Holmes”. Surely the world’s greatest detective would not allow his real name to be mentioned thus, when he was travelling in disguise. Similarly, it seems rather uncharacteristic of Holmes to address Hurree by his first name, considering that he never referred to Dr. Watson as “John” (or was it “James”?).On the whole, I would not hesitate to recommend this book to all admirers of both Conan Doyle and Kipling. And I am still looking forward to Professor Norbu’s next work of fiction…

The book arrived in the expected time frame and I'm really good condition. I don't know much about the actually story, as I bought this for a birthday pressie for my hubby (his birthday's in a couple weeks time.)

Brilliant read

This book is a great mix of history and adventure and who better to be the tour guide then, Sherlock Holmes. The only problem I had with it, and it wasn't so much the story as it was with the book. The little historical tidbits could have been put to the back. This would have made the reading more fluid and smoother.

I quite like the first two thirds of the book- a good mix of Conan Doyle and Kipling, along with the author's own tibetan perspective. However, the climatic scene was very different- more like an Indiana Jones film. The ending and the epilogue, on the other hand, put things back on track. Good fun overall.