For the last few years, J. Kingston Pierce has provided part-time help to an independent bookshop in his north Seattle neighborhood. Here are his 10 crime-fiction recommendations for inexperiencedreaders.
Schlagwort-Archive: Arthur Conan Doyle
Artikel: Suit Says Sherlock Belongs to the Ages
Devotees of Holmes are a famously obsessive bunch, and in the 126 years since Arthur Conan Doyle introduced his coolheaded detective they have certainly had plenty of real-world intrigues to ponder alongside fictional ones.
Rezension: Arthur Conan Doyle: “Dangerous Work”
A riddle: What does Captain Ahab have in common with Sherlock Holmes? Answer: Both characters were created by writers who sailed on whaling vessels, who knew firsthand the heft of a harpoon, the bite of raging gales and the blisters raised by oars.
Artikel: Sherlock Holmes at 125
Doyle introduced Holmes 125 years ago in a longish short story published in a Christmas annual, later reshaped into a shortish novel called “A Study in Scarlet” — one of the first books outside sectarian literature, incidentally, in which Mormons appear.
Artikel: The curious case of the Sherlock pilgrims
Why have Sherlock Holmes fans gathered in Switzerland to recreate their hero’s final hours?
Rezension: Arthur Conan Doyle: “Dangerous Work”
“Dangerous Work” is Arthur Conan Doyle’s gruesomely entertaining journal of an Arctic whaling voyage. “Surely Sherlock Holmes would have appreciated the fact that this literary trail culminated in ’Dracula’, written by Bram Stoker”, finds Philip Hoare.
Artikel: Sherlock Holmes, enquêteur freudien
A la toute fin du XIXe siècle, on se passionne pour l’occulte et l’inconscient. Maître dans l’art de la déduction, le héros de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) se voit consacrer une biographie et un roman.
Artikel: Sherlock Holmes in Leipzig und London
Der Brite Anthony Horowitz und viele andere Autoren setzen den englischen Meisterdetektiv neu in Szene.
Filmkritik: »Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows«
Victoriana buffs will not be amused by »Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,« but it’s a modest improvement on bad-boy director Guy Ritchie’s first tweaking of Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective. Not because it’s more subtle.
Filmkritik: »Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows«
Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on film more times than any other fictional character. But Moriarty must be coming in a close second. As Guy Ritchie’s latest effort shows, Holmes taking on Moriarty has almost as much box office draw as »Alien vs Predator«.