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Article: The curious incident of Conan Doyle's 150th.(Arts & Culture)(Arthur Conan Doyle)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- May 19, 2009
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Byline: Lyn Shepard Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
MEIRINGEN, SWITZERLAND -- The Scottish physician and mystery writer Arthur Conan Doyle had grown bored with his sleuth hero and resolved to "kill him off" in 1893 here in the Swiss Alps.
But Sherlock Holmes fans the world over would have none of it. Their outcry became so vocal that Conan Doyle eventually had to yield, giving the Scotland Yard consultant a new lease on life in later works. His change of heart put this alpine town on the literary map.
Meiringen and its nearby Reichenbach Falls serve as what local Swiss-Germans call the "Tatort" - the scene of the crime. So, as Conan ...