Robert Blake (detective)

Robert Blake is a fictional detective character created by Bengali novelist Dinendra Kumar Roy.[1][2]

Character

The Robert Blake series was based on the Sexton Blake detective stories. In between 1898 and 1914, a total of 217 detective stories about Blake were published in Bengali including the Rahasya Lahari and Nandan Kanon series.[3][4] Roy not only translated Western detective stories but, intriguingly, went on to create the popular, London-bred, Euro-centric detective for Bengali readers. Robert Blake is a British investigator, lives in Baker Street, London. He is often helped by his assistant Smith.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Detective dead, whodunnit?". Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. "Book review: The Rhythm of Riddles". indiatoday.in. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. Pinaki Roy (2008). The Manichean Investigators: A Postcolonial and Cultural Rereading. ISBN 9788176258494. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. Janice M. Allan (23 March 2018). Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2018). ISBN 9781476633831. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  5. "Calcutta noir". Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. "The History of Detective Fiction in India and Abroad" (PDF). Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. "A very ordinary Byomkesh". Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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