The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes - Paperback
by Zach Dundas
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Availability:In StockContributor:Zach DundasTheme:Chronological Period/17th Century, Cultural Region/British, Cultural Region/Germany, Cultural Region/Western Europe, Ethnic Orientation/JewishPublish date:6/14/2016Pages:336
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780544705210ISBN-10:0544705211UPC:9780544705210Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective Fiction, Books & Reading, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 4.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SCD536JEM1
"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 reviewLanguages:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780544705210ISBN-10:0544705211UPC:9780544705210Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective Fiction, Books & Reading, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 4.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SCD536JEM1
ZACH DUNDAS is a co-executive editor of Portland Monthly magazine whose work has also appeared in Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications.He is a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and the Diogenes Club.
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