An edition of Talking about detective fiction (2009)

Talking about Detective Fiction

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An edition of Talking about detective fiction (2009)

Talking about Detective Fiction

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In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James--one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today--gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it.P. D. James examines the genre from top to bottom, beginning with the mysteries at the hearts of such novels as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, and bringing us into the present with such writers as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell. Along the way she writes about Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie ("arch-breaker of rules"), Josephine Tey, Dashiell Hammett, and Peter Lovesey, among many others. She traces their lives into and out of their fiction, clarifies their individual styles, and gives us indelible portraits of the characters they've created, from Sherlock Holmes to Sara Paretsky's sexually liberated female investigator, V. I. Warshawski. She compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing. She discusses detective fiction as social history, the stylistic components of the genre, her own process of writing, how critics have reacted over the years, and what she sees as a renewal of detective fiction--and of the detective hero--in recent years.There is perhaps no one who could write about this enduring genre of storytelling with equal authority and flair: it is essential reading for every lover of detective fiction.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bodleian Library
Language
English
Pages
160

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Talking about detective fiction
2011, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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2011, Ediciones B, B (Ediciones B)
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Talking about Detective Fiction
2009, Bodleian Library
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Cover of: Talking about detective fiction
Talking about detective fiction
2009, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Talking about detective fiction
Talking about detective fiction
2009, Alfred A. Knopf
in English - 1st American ed.

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Library of Congress
PN3377.5.D4, PN3377.5.D4 J36 2009

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Hardcover
Number of pages
160

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OL29035932M
Internet Archive
talkingaboutdete0000jame
ISBN 13
9781851243099
LCCN
2010481435
OCLC/WorldCat
421814039

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