ON CONAN DOYLE or, The Whole Art of Storytelling By Michael Dirda


Michael Dirda’s slim little book praises A. Conan Doyle and explores Doyle’s works: the Sherlock Holmes stories, the Professor Challenger adventures, the supernatural and terror tales, medieval swashbucklers like The White Company, social novels, and Doyle’s considerable memoirs, personal essays, and polemical journalism. Dirda read Doyle’s works for decades and knows the both the fiction and non-fiction better than most critics. Dirda is also a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. On Conan Doyle delights and informs. GRADE: A

7 thoughts on “ON CONAN DOYLE or, The Whole Art of Storytelling By Michael Dirda

    1. george Post author

      “Lame” might be too weak a word to express what we saw on stage last night, Patti. The producers need to go back to the drawing board with THE ADDAMS FAMILY. The cast was talented, but the music was forgettable and the plot was predictable: boy gets psycho-chick, boy loses psycho-chick, boy gets psycho-chick back again.

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  1. Jeff Meyerson

    I just started reading this and it’s great! His discovery of THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES via the Scholastic (probably) book club paperbacks in school matched my own exactly. I bet I had that same edition!

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