The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham - See you in Court! (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book offers a critically informed yet relaxed historical overview of the legal thriller, a unique contribution to crime fiction where most of the titles have been written by professionals such as lawyers and judges. The legal thriller typically uses court trials as the suspense-creating background for presenting legal issues reflecting a wide range of concerns, from corporate conflicts to private concerns, all in a dramatic but highly informed manner. With authors primarily from the USA and the UK, the genre is one which nonetheless enjoys a global reading audience. As well as providing a survey of the legal thriller, this book takes a gender-focused approach to analyzing recently published titles within the field. It also argues for the fascination of the legal thriller both in the way its narrative pattern parallels that of an actual court trial, and by the way it reflects, frequently quite critically, the concerns of contemporary society.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Crime Files
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Lars Ole Sauerberg
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	199
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-40729-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-40729-8
Barcode:	9781137407290

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