Twenty classic authors from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction are
brought together in the latest “Bodies from the Library”
anthology series of previously unpublished and uncollected stories
of crime and suspense. The end of the First World War saw the rise
of an insatiable public appetite for clever and thrilling mystery
fiction and a new kind of hero – the modern crime writer. As the
genre soared in popularity, so did the inventiveness of its best
authors, ushering in a “Golden Age” of detective fiction –
two decades of exemplary mystery writing: the era of the whodunit,
the impossible crime and the locked-room mystery, with stories that
have thrilled and baffled generations of readers. The Golden Age
still casts a long shadow, with many of the authors who were
published at that time still hugely popular today. Aside from
novels, they all wrote short fiction – stories, serials and plays
– and although many have been republished in books over the last
100 years, Bodies from the Library collects the ones that are
impossible to find: stories that appeared in a newspaper, magazine
or an anthology that has long been out of print; ephemeral works
such as plays not aired, staged or screened for decades; and
unpublished stories that were absorbed into an author’s archive
when they died . . . Complete with fascinating biographies by Tony
Medawar of all the featured authors, this latest volume in the
annual Bodies from the Library series once again brings into the
daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and is an
indispensable collection for any bookshelf.
General
| Imprint: |
Collins Crime Club
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Editors: |
Tony Medawar
|
| Dimensions: |
222 x 141 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-852277-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-00-852277-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780008522773 |
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