Robert Downey Jr. returned to theaters last weekend as Sherlock Holmes, taking in nearly $40 million. That's not bad for a 124-year-old hero. The scholar Leslie Klinger says that the character has had enduring appeal since Arthur Conan Doyle first introduced him in 1887 because Holmes is the kind of person we'd all like to be: smart, always in command and always doing the right thing. Thursday, Klinger joins Doug to talk about Holmes, his loyal companion Watson and the world they inhabited.Books by Leslie Klinger:
- The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories (2 Vol. Set)
- The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear)
- A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon
- Also by Leslie Klinger: Annotated Sandman Vol. 1
Music from Today's RadioWest:
- Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes Soundtrack), It's So Overt It's Covert
- The Red Crayola, Sherlock Holmes
- Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes Soundtrack), The Mycroft Suite
