The iconic detective Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on radio, television, comic books, board and video games and of course the silver screen. The scholar Leslie Klinger says that Holmes has been popular ever since Arthur Conan Doyle first introduced him in 1887. Friday, Klinger joins us to explain why Sherlock Holmes still works as a character. It’s because he’s the person we all want to be – smart, in complete command of the situation and always doing the right thing. (Rebroadcast)
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
