http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15054089
Strange how things can get lost in the post.
The Narrative of John Smith, was written by Sir Authur Conan Doyle, however, the post office somehow "lost" it, and the great author had no option but to dig into his memory banks and rewrite the whole thing.
Must have been quite a task. The British Library, incidently and really worthwhile place to visit, is about to publish the novel and also read by the Actor Robert Lindsay, and audiobook.
There are actually a number of notebooks, four in all that comprise the novel, and these will form part of a display at the Lirbrary that will be on exhibit until the beginnin gof January 2012.
"My shock at its disappearance would be as nothing to my horror if it were suddenly to appear again - in print," he once joked.
The book about a man who was afflicted with gout was written in the 1880's.
Quite a find.
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