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A wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture's most beloved sleuthToday he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than 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. The result is The Great Detective: a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour of the borderland between reality and fiction, and a joyful romp through the world Conan Doyle bequeathed us. Through sparkling new readings of the original stories, Dundas 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, kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers. This investigation leads Dundas on travels into the heart of the Holmesian universe. The Great Detective transports us from New York City's Fifth Avenue and the boozy annual gathering of one of the world's oldest and most exclusive Sherlock Holmes 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 smash BBC series Sherlock and even 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.
The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, by Zach Dundas - Amazon Sales Rank: #146274 in Books
- Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.26" w x 6.00" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, by Zach Dundas Review A LOS ANGELES TIMES summer reading selection "For even the casual fan, the history of this deathless character is fascinating. Dundas does a fine job of tracing the roots of Holmes … [and] writes in a jovial, casual way that invites the reader to take part." — BOSTON GLOBE "Find[s] fresh ground . . . [Dundas's] scholarship is impressive . . . He's an amiable guide, placing more than a century of Sherlockiana into an appealing, modern frame." — Daniel Stashower, WASHINGTON POST "[An] entertaining new cultural biography of Holmesiana." — GLOBE AND MAIL "Charmingly eccentric . . . Skillful . . . For all who enjoy the company of Sherlock Holmes, in any of his many forms, reading Dundas's account will be hours well spent." — Leslie Klinger, LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS "Dundas weaves fascinating parallel histories of Holmes as literary creation, Holmes as broader cultural phenomenon, and the character's larger-than-life creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ... Incisive, well-informed, and slyly witty (like Holmes himself), Dundas's book provides entertaining and irrefutable evidence that the game is still — and is likely to remain — afoot." — SHELF AWARENESS (starred review) "The author of this wonderful book has crammed it with enough research — Holmesean, Watsonian, Doylean — to bulge the seams ... [But] Dundas's matey writing style makes the details easy to absorb ... A delight for Baker Streeters." — BOOKLIST (starred review) "A lively look at the enduring detective ... A cheerful romp ... A bright read for Sherlock's fans." — KIRKUS REVIEWS "Sherlock Holmes means different things to different people: to die-hard readers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original (who cracked his first case in 1887); to older filmgoers, Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing; to children of the 1970s and pretty much no one else, Nicol Williamson and Robert Stephens; and to younger fans, Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch. All of them turn up in The Great Detective, in which Zach Dundas traces Sherlock's evergreen celebrity. Such is Dundas's enthusiasm that one almost forgets Doyle's wary role in the legend. The author's resigned response to an extraordinarily rich $45,000 offer from Collier's Weekly to resurrect Holmes in 1903: 'Very well.'" — VANITY FAIR "The game is afoot! Like Sherlock Holmes himself, Dundas's pursuit of his quarry spans centuries, genres, and continents — and it's a delightful journey into the mythology and meaning of an icon that everyone knows, many are obsessed by, and nobody has ever quite topped." — PAUL COLLINS, author of The Murder of the Century and NPR's Weekend Edition "literary detective" "The Great Detective is a moving study, capturing as I've never before seen our interest in the quintessential sleuth and his stalwart biographer. Sherlock Holmes will never fade, and this book proves it." — LYNDSAY FAYE, author of Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson "Sherlock Holmes is both immortal and immaterial — and the inspired deductions and ratiocinations of Zach Dundas bring us closer to understanding why we've spent over a hundred years trying to claim Doyle's detective from the fictional world and give him a home in our own. The best and wisest Holmes book that I have ever known." — MATTHEW SWEET, author of Inventing the Victorians
From the Inside Flap 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 banter, and thriving subcultures. More than 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. The result is The Great Detective: a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour of the borderland between reality and fiction, and a joyful romp through the world Conan Doyle bequeathed us. Through sparkling new readings of the original stories, Dundas 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, kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers. This investigation leads Dundas on travels into the heart of the Holmesian universe. The Great Detective transports us from New York City’s Fifth Avenue and the boozy annual gathering of one of the world’s oldest and most exclusive Sherlock Holmes 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 smash BBC series Sherlock and even wrangles 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.
From the Back Cover “The Great Detective is a moving study, capturing as I've never before seen our interest in the quintessential sleuth and his stalwart biographer. Sherlock Holmes will never fade, and this book proves it.” — Lyndsay Faye, author of Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson “Sherlock Holmes is both immortal and immaterial—and the inspired deductions and ratiocinations of Zach Dundas bring us closer to understanding why we’ve spent over a hundred years trying to claim Doyle’s detective from the fictional world and give him a home in our own. The best and wisest Holmes book that I have ever known.” — Matthew Sweet, author of Inventing the Victorians
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Incredibly detailed, beautifully organized and extremely amusing By Trudie Barreras Zach Dundas has done a masterful thoroughgoing survey of the many iterations of the Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle’s original inception at the end of the 19th century to the present. His writing is incredibly detailed, beautifully organized and – the biggest selling point – extremely amusing. He includes enough autobiographical material, detailing his pre-teen fascination with “The Great Detective”, to keep the narrative real and personal, not simply academic.I had personally been aware of the “Sherlockian” (or “Holmesian” – both terms are used) phenomenon for a number of years. My husband has read most of the original Conan Doyle stories, and is currently following the BBC remake of Sherlock Holmes as well as the US TV show “Elementary”, both of which Dundas discusses in detail. However, I was completely sold on this author’s veracity when he not only mentioned my own “personal favorite” – Laurie R. King’s “Bee Keeper’s Apprentice” series pairing Holmes with her narrative character Mary Russell – but also included a discussion with King about the Holmesian phenomenon.All in all, I believe this book is well worth reading, both for those who ARE devotees of the original Sherlock Holmes stories, for those who have been enthralled by the many “returns” the author describes in such detail, and even for those who wonder, perhaps, “what all the fuss is about”.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful. "...the game is afoot..." - King Henry IV Part I By takingadayoff Why is Sherlock Holmes still popular? How is it that almost ninety years after the last Sherlock Holmes story was first published, people are still discovering the stories and forming clubs to share their enthusiasm and adapting the stories in every way imaginable? The stories are hardly Shakespeare, after all. Arthur Conan Doyle cranked them out as fast as he could, as the inconsistencies and untied threads make clear.Zach Dundas investigates this perplexing mystery. He discovered Sherlock Holmes when he was a child, as many of us did. He even formed a Sherlock Holmes club, which he abandoned in his teens. He starts out on firm ground in his search for answers, with biographical information about Arthur Conan Doyle (although he never addresses the question of whether it's Conan Doyle or just Doyle -- Sir Arthur's father was Charles Doyle, his mother Mary Foley, his second wife Jean Conan Doyle, some of his children have the Conan name, others don't -- Dundas uses Conan Doyle throughout).Along the way, Dundas revisits the stories while veering off into the vast Sherlock troves available on the internet. He describes some of the many adaptations, including a Soviet TV series, cartoons, silent movies, and more. He attends a Sherlock convention and visits with fans in period costume. He takes his young family to England to see where the stories took place and where the TV shows and movies have been filmed. He uses his press credentials to interview Benedict Cumberbatch.I can imagine that a Sherlock fan would love this book, nodding in agreement with some of the findings, shaking the book in disagreement at other times. But I loved it too, and I haven't read Sherlock Holmes since I was a kid, I haven't seen a single episode of the new series, Sherlock, I loathed Jeremy Brett's Sherlock. I enjoyed finding out in The Great Detective that people were adapting the stories for stage within a decade of the first publication. The stories were popular worldwide even before they really took off in Britain. The format of a detective and a sidekick started with Holmes and Watson. You might even argue that the superhero genre owes something to Sherlock Holmes. By the way, some of the best tidbits in the book are hidden in the footnotes.Highly recommended for fans of Sherlock and of offbeat literary criticism.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The game's BOTH feet, and then some By enubrius As a proud Sherlockian (albeit not a rabid one) I thought I knew most everything on the subject.So you can imagine how pleasantly surprised I am to relate that I learned something new about the Cumberback impersonator on virtually every page (sure, in the early pages it was stuff about the author, but still)Add to that a breezy, funny, tight, writing style and you have a truly great read.. even if you don't know a Rathbone from a shinbone
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