OOHH. Now I have a new Dirda book to look for.
I have a really cool, tiny book he wrote (no isbn, it was some special thing he did) about book collecting. I love it. I also have Classics For Pleasure on my ever growing To Read Shelf.
So I’m reading On Conan Doyle by Michael Dirda, book columnist for the Washington Post, fellow Northeast Ohioan, lifelong Conan Doyle fan.
the subtitle is “or, the Whole Art of Storytelling”. It’s basically a readers reminiscence of discovering Conan Doyle, mixed with critical analysis of his various works, both well loved and mostly forgotten. Dirda also talks a lot about similar authors including the one and only Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany - more commonly known as Lord Dunsany.
I’m really glad some stranger ordered this book, or I never would have known about it.
Thank You, Kind Stranger.
