Talking about Detective Fiction
by
P. D. James
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1851243097
ISBN-13
9781851243099
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Imprint
Bodleian Library
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 23rd, 2009
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
310 grams
Dimensions
20.60 x 13.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.
To judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as a novelist.From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Village Priest from Cubhole in Essex, from the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P.D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel.Written by the author widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.
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