GROVE ATLANTIC From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon

"In 'From Holmes to Sherlock', Mattias Boström recreates in novelistic prose the full story behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective and his many incarnations--a real-life narrative of success, tragedy, and family secrets that has never been previously told in its entirety. Beginning with a young Conan Doyle having a runaway success in the popular Strand Magazine, Boström then skillfully follows the men and women who have perpetuated and recast the Sherlockian myth over the decades. From the actors who became famous for their personifications of Holmes to Conan Doyle's own sons, who desperately wanted to make big business of the detective, to the pair of modern-day fans behind the TV sensation Sherlock, Boström's account is a singular celebration of the most famous detective in the world as he transforms from the gentleman amateur of the Victorian era to the odd genius today.