Talking about Detective Fiction (Paperback, Main)

From the birth of crime writing with Wilkie Collins and Dostoevsky, through Conan Doyle to the golden age of crime, with the rise of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham, P. D. James brings a lifetime of reading and writing crime fiction to bear on this personal history of the genre. There are chapters on great American crime writers - the likes of Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett. James also discusses many of her favourite famous detectives, from Sherlock Holmes to Philip Marlowe. P.D. James, the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and The Murder Room, presents a brief history of detective fiction and explores the literary techniques behind history's best crime writing.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	P.D. James
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	159
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-25358-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-571-25358-X
Barcode:	9780571253586

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