Arsen Lyupen proty SHerloka CHolmsa

Moris Leblan (1864 —1941) — frantsuz′kyy pys′mennyk, avtor 28 knyh pro Arsena Lyupena — dzhentl′mena-zlodiya, virtuoznoho hrabizhnyka, yakoho spochatku polyubyly frantsuz′ki chytachi, a potim i ves′ svit. ...CHto vin? YAkyy vin? Arsen Lyupen ye maystrom peretvorennya i chasto zminyuye rysy oblychchya, kolir volossya ta ochey, styl′ odyahu, povedinku y navit′ charakter, tomu opysaty yoho mayzhe nemozhlyvo. Vidomo lyshe, scho vin dosyt′ strunkyy, harnyy cholovik i nadzvychayno syl′nyy, scho dopomahaye yomu u profesiyi zlodiya... Tak scho zh v n′omu ye take, scho vin vyklykaye pryyaznist′ mayzhe kozhnoho, z kym yomu dovelosya zustritysya? CHomu vsi spivchuvayut′ ne postrazhdalym, a same Arsenovi Lyupenu?.. TSyu zahadku namahayet′sya rozv’yazaty znamenytyy CHerlok SHolms, yakyy pryyichav, schob, krim toho, vreshti-resht schopyty Lyupena i dovesty, chto ye nayvydatnishym detektyvom. Ale schos′ z samoho pochatku pishlo ne tak...