Murder in Print: Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction - Hardcover

Murder in Print. A Guide to Tweo Centuries of Crime Fiction

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Murder in Print. Slightly sunned spine to D/J. This book is a book no crime fiction enthusiast should be without: an authoritative, up-to-date and entertaining survey of the development of the genre from its eighteenth-century prototype to the present day. The author illustratesd the development of the genre by a selection of nearly 500 titles, chosen to represwent the best and most characteristic examples of the worek of 260 writers - from Britain, the USA, Australia, Switzerland, France, Holland, Denmark and Sweden. Brief details are given of writers, including their pseudonyms; and collectors will find invaluable the information on the first edition of each title discussed. The accuracy and wide range of the survey does not mean that the author has ignored the essential entertainment factor - who but a crime fiction addict could, for example, be attracted by the recommendation of 'an unusually hilarious acid-bath murder?' Crime fiction continues to be a phenomenally popular form of literature. This book is a major reference work in the field, from an author whose previous publications have established him as one of the most readable and well-informed of crime friction critics. 244 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Artikel-Nr. 096460

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