![]() ![]() It's not as much as a stretch as it seems Klinger maintains that the original Sherlock really was tough.Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title A Study in Sherlock Subtitle Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon Author Laurie R. ![]() Klinger was also technical adviser for the latest Sherlock Holmes movies, including just-released A Game of Shadows, in which Holmes and his sidekick, Watson, have been reimagined as action figures played by Robert Downey Jr. to it and remember it."īut as much as Sherlock Holmes was shaped by the Victorian era, he also lends himself - with surprising ease - to contemporary interpretations.Īccording to Les Klinger, co-editor of A Study in Sherlock, a new collection of stories inspired by the Holmes canon, "We can see him plucked out of Victorian England and plopped into 21st century England with the same effect." It really is the last glimmer of an entire age before it comes to modern times just around the corner. "It's the last gasp of English history before technology takes over. "It's the fog, the cobblestones, the fire flickering, the River Thames, the sound of the Stradivarius, the strange villains," he says. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The House of Silk Subtitle A Sherlock Holmes Novel Author Anthony Horowitz ![]()
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