Stop with all the comparisons with Sherlock Holmes. Just enjoy the subtle burgeoning relationship between a freudian psychiatrist and a working class policeman set in the beautiful city of Vienna.
Vienna blood introduces the turn of the century Vienna, with its working class, the latest in the arts and science, courtship rituals, and the delicate relationship amongst the Jewish community and the aristocrats of Vienna, and all with an under current hint of what will happen to Europe in the first half of the century. All this is new and not found in Sherlock stories.
One of my favorite scenes is the viewing of Klimt's artwork by the protagonist and his girlfriend. Imagine the effect of this type of artwork in that era and that population. But it serves as a great metaphor for what was happening in Vienna at this time.
Vienna blood introduces the turn of the century Vienna, with its working class, the latest in the arts and science, courtship rituals, and the delicate relationship amongst the Jewish community and the aristocrats of Vienna, and all with an under current hint of what will happen to Europe in the first half of the century. All this is new and not found in Sherlock stories.
One of my favorite scenes is the viewing of Klimt's artwork by the protagonist and his girlfriend. Imagine the effect of this type of artwork in that era and that population. But it serves as a great metaphor for what was happening in Vienna at this time.