The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

Hurtling from present day New York to Victorian London, The Sherlockian weaves the history of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into an inspired and entertaining double mystery that proves to be anything but "elementary."

In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes-adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines, anticipating the detective's next adventure, only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off. London spiraled into mourning-crowds sported black armbands in grief-and railed against Conan Doyle as his assassin.

Then in 1901, just as abruptly as Conan Doyle had "murdered" Holmes in "The Final Problem," he resurrected him. Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his days and work, Conan Doyle never explained this sudden change of heart. After his death, one of his journals from the interim period was discovered to be missing, and in the decades since, has never been found.... Or has it?

When literary researcher Harold White is inducted into the preeminent Sherlock Holmes enthusiast society, The Baker Street Irregulars, he never imagines he's about to be thrust onto the hunt for the holy grail of Holmes-ophiles: the missing diary. But when the world's leading Doylean scholar is found murdered in his hotel room, it is Harold-using wisdom and methods gleaned from countless detective stories-who takes up the search, both for the diary and for the killer.

Graham Moore is the author of The Sherlockian and the Academy Award-winning screenwriter for The Imitation Game, which also earned a Writers Guild of America Award for best adapted screenplay. Moore was born in Chicago and graduated with a B.A. from the University of Chicago. He received his bachelor's degree in religious history from Columbia University in 2003 and now resides in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9780446572583
ISBN 10	0446572586
Title	The Sherlockian
Author	Graham Moore
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	2011-11-21
Number of pages	368
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