![]() ![]() They will just delight you and they will surprise you. And it's not what you think of when you watch Robert Downey Jr or even Benedict Cumberbatch, so they will delight you. ![]() ![]() ![]() His descriptions of London, the atmosphere of the world, the sense of the streets, the fog, all that stuff. They may surprise you because there are very few murders in Sherlock, the stories are much more peculiar than that.ĭoyle is an extraordinarily clever writer. The stories are, like the Bond novels, waiting to be discovered: the quality of the writing, the joy of the world, the uniqueness of what has been created. The birth of the modern detective story is with Sherlock Holmes. Guinness World Records lists Holmes as the most portrayed literary human character on screen (Dracula is first but undead) – and then you have the stage adaptations, the radio plays, the computer games, the comic books.From four novels and 56 short stories, one writer created an entire cultural universe.Īs the author of two Holmes novels – The House of Silk and Moriarty – Anthony Horowitz is the perfect guide to the world of Conan Doyle.Īnd remember: when you have eliminated the impossible, what remains, however improbable, must be the truth…įirst of all, this is where all modern detective fiction begins. With fans like these, eh? Of course, Holmes was back within a decade and he has never left us since. The Strand Magazine subsequently lost 20,000 subscribers and Doyle gained a whole postbag of hatemail. ![]()
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