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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 Author:Zach Dundas For longtime Conan Doyle fans as well as readers just discovering Sherlock Holmes, a wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture?s most beloved sleuth — Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter feeds, and a thriving subcultur... more »e. Over a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, what is it about Arthur Conan Doyle?s peculiar creation that continues to fascinate us? Journalist and lifelong Sherlock fan Zach Dundas set out to find the answer. Through sparkling new readings of the original stories, Dundas explores Conan Doyle?s fictional and real-world inspirations and reveals how the Holmes tales laid the groundwork for an infinitely remixable myth, kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers. Dundas?s investigation leads him?like a Bill Bryson of Baker Street?on travels into the heart of the Holmesian universe. He infiltrates fan conventions, nearly freezes on a heath out of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and talks to the creators and star of the BBC?s Sherlock. Along the way, he discovers and celebrates the ingredients that have made Holmes go viral?then, now, and as long as the game?s afoot.