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Scene of the Crime : The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction

by David Geherin

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0786432985
ISBN-13 9780786432981
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Mar 10th, 2008
Print length 223 Pages
Weight 314 grams
Dimensions 15.20 x 22.40 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000Literary studies: from c 1900 -Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersLiterary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Ksh 7,200.00
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Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors, this book focuses on the many ways that setting and place figure in modern crime and mystery novels. It also explores topics such as: the afro-centric urban Los Angeles environment in Walter Mosley's ""Devil in a Blue Dress"", and the gritty South African setting of James McClure's ""The Steam Pig"".

Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors for whom the setting greatly contributes to their overall literary style, this book focuses on the many ways that "place" figures in modern crime and mystery novels.

The authors (and their settings) are: Georges Simenon (Paris), Donna Leon (Venice), Tony Hillerman (American Southwest), Walter Mosley (South Central Los Angeles), George P. Pelecanos (Washington, D.C.), Sara Paretsky (Chicago), James Lee Burke (Southern Louisiana), Carl Hiaasen (South Florida), Ian Rankin (Edinburgh), Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana), James McClure (South Africa), Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo (Stockholm), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico City), Leonardo Sciascia (Sicily) and Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome).

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