Sherlock Holmes and The Road

I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. In writing craft and style it is without question the best book i've ever read. I can easily see why it won a pulitzer prize the words flow effortlessly through a plot that's nothing more than a father and son at the end of the world. At the end when the father dies I felt myseld affected like no other book has ever done to me before. It was sad, but I could believe it and feel for the boy who know travels with strangers on the earth so far away from what we know. After reading such a sad book, I needed to read something funny. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle fits that bill. I've gotten through the first adventure about a woman, Irene Adler, who black mails the soon-to-be King of Bohemia, with a picture of herself with him so she could sabotage his marriage. Holmes a cocaine addict is hilarious and genius at the same time, making it obvious why Doyle got death threats when he killed off this great character. Holmes is an amazing character making the book an important if sometimes breezy ride through the mind of Britain and Scotland Yards best.