Bullet Points

• This is among the coolest things I’ve seen in a very long while. “Russell Stutler,” explains the Web site Strange Maps, “is an American artist living in Tokyo; his website showcases, among other examples of his graphic art, this pen-and-ink floorplan of 221B Baker Street in London, one of the best-known fictional addresses of all time--as it is the residence of literature’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. The floorplan was “drawn from notes taken while reading all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories twice in a row. If it appears in the books, it appears in this drawing,” says Mr Stutler.

• John le Carré’s 1974 espionage novel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, was already made into an American TV mini-series back in 1979, starring Alec Guinness in the role of overweight but quick-minded George Smiley. However, The Guardian reports that the same book is now bound for a silver-screen adaptation.

The author, whose real name is David Cornwall, is at work with the scriptwriter Peter Morgan on a film adaptation of the novel, first published in 1974 as the first installment in a trilogy about cold war spies. To be produced by Working Title--the production company behind most of the British film industry’s biggest hits--it will be the first feature-film version of the novel ... According to Morgan--whose other recent credits include the forthcoming films State of Play, Frost/Nixon and The Damned United--le Carré is full of sage advice: “‘When you return to earlier work,’ he cautioned, ‘you feel two rather unpleasant emotions. One is God, this is awful, and the other is how can I ever write something as good ever again?’”

The other question is whether a two-hour film can do Tinker, Tailor as much justice as did the 290-minute, seven-part miniseries, which many watchers lauded for its faithfulness to the original text.

• A new site to me called LatinoReview.com has more information about Leonardo di Caprio’s planned movie presentation of James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s adventuresome life.

• Critic, blogger, and now event host--is there anything the fair Sarah Weinman won’t tackle at least once? In Reference to Murder’s B.V. Lawson reports that this coming Wednesday, June 11, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. , Weinman “will host the Word for Word Author Series. The guests will be crime fiction author Douglas Preston and Italian journalist Mario Spezi”--co-authors of a new non-fiction worked called The Monster of Florence--“who will be discussing Preston’s chilling account and Spezi’s investigation of a legendary serial killer. Known as the ‘Monster of Florence,’ the killer continues to haunt the Italian police, courts, and people even after 40 years. This free event will take place outdoors, weather permitting, at the Bryant Park Reading Room in New York City, located on the 42nd Street side of the park--under the tree--between the back of the New York Public Library and 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas. The rain venue is the Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues). For more details and event changes, check out www.bryantpark.org.” Given New York’s recent weather, sunblock is highly recommended.

• And James Bradley’s overlooked Gothic thriller, The Resurrectionist (not to be confused with several other novels of that same title) is about to get a huge boost, thanks to Britain’s immensely popular Richard & Judy TV-magazine show. Learn more about this bit of good fortune here.