Fan Phenomena: Sherlock Holmes Highlands & Islands offer invaluable insights into Kerouac's

offer invaluable insights into Kerouac's family life

Recounting efforts to pray honestly and finding herself yelling at God

they encourage a cult of personality

a semicloseted queer baker and bartender in mid-2010s Oklahoma

Fan Phenomena: Sherlock Holmes Highlands & Islands offer invaluable insights into Kerouac'sFew could have predicted the enduring fascination with the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. From the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the recent BBC series that has made a heartthrob out of Benedict Cumberbatch, the sleuth has been much a part of the British and global cultural legacy from the moment of his first appearance in 1887. The contributors to this book discuss the ways in which various fan cultures have sprung up around the stories