On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling | 
pickDirda's book is a hybrid of a personal memoir & a survey of Doyle's work. He begins with his childhood encounter with The Hound of the Baskervilles (the first adult work he had read) & proceeds to discuss Doyle's life & his work beyond the scope of the Sherlock stories. Although Dirda discusses Doyle's non Sherlock works (including some that sound fascinating & outright bizarre), the focus of the book is on the Holmes stories & their larger👇
vivastory cultural influence & impact. I *loved* this book. Perfect for fans of Holmes who want to quickly learn more about the creator. A trivia fact that I picked up on from this book is that the rock group They Might Be Giants took their name from a movie. This movie in the words of Dirda is “a bizarre Sherlockian fantasy“. (edited) 4y
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