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The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes

Dundas, Zach

Paperback

Literary CriticismBritish History

ISBN10: 0544705211
ISBN13: 9780544705210
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: Jun 14 2016
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 4.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Fascinating. -- Boston Globe

Entertaining. -- Globe and Mail

Impressive. -- Washington Post

For all who enjoy the company of Sherlock Holmes, in any of his many forms, reading Dundas's book will be hours well spent. -- Los Angeles Review of Books

More than a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, Arthur Conan Doyle's peculiar creation continues to fascinate us, and in The Great Detective, journalist and lifelong Sherlock fan Zach Dundas sets out to learn why. Through sparkling new readings of the original stories, he unearths the inspirations behind Holmes and his indispensable companion, Dr. John Watson, and reveals how Conan Doyle's tales laid the groundwork for an infinitely remixable myth. This investigation leads Dundas on travels into the heart of the Holmesian universe, from a Fifth Avenue mansion and the boozy annual gathering of one of the world's most exclusive Sherlock fan societies; to a freezing Devon heath out of The Hound of the Baskervilles; to sunny Pasadena, where Dundas chats with the creators of the BBC's Sherlock and finagles a cameo appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch himself. Along the way, Dundas discovers and celebrates the ingredients that have made Holmes go viral -- then, now, and as long as the game's afoot.

[A] sprightly, riveting exploration. -- Mental Floss

Incisive, well informed, and slyly witty (like Holmes himself). -- Shelf Awareness, starred review

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