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The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
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Wydawca: HarperCollins Publishers
Data wydania: 09.05.2024
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
EAN: 9780008192440
Opis
Opis
Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and was shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards
In this groundbreaking history of crime fiction, acclaimed expert Martin Edwards traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering a brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of storytelling.
The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of mystery fiction from around the world. Martin Edwards has drawn on his experience as an award-winning novelist to capture the breadth and complexity of crime writing, telling the story of the genre's development and evolution in a way that will fascinate and entertain anyone who delights in a good mystery.
With crime fiction being read more widely than ever, The Life of Crime reveals the writers' secrets and the ups and downs of their literary lives with insight, compassion and wit. This definitive distillation of more than two centuries of extraordinary books and authors into one coherent history is an extraordinary feat and makes compelling reading.
'Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing' - THE TIMES
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HarperCollins Publishers
Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 C9W8
D01 C9W8 Dublin
enquiries@harpercollins.ie
In this groundbreaking history of crime fiction, acclaimed expert Martin Edwards traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering a brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of storytelling.
The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of mystery fiction from around the world. Martin Edwards has drawn on his experience as an award-winning novelist to capture the breadth and complexity of crime writing, telling the story of the genre's development and evolution in a way that will fascinate and entertain anyone who delights in a good mystery.
With crime fiction being read more widely than ever, The Life of Crime reveals the writers' secrets and the ups and downs of their literary lives with insight, compassion and wit. This definitive distillation of more than two centuries of extraordinary books and authors into one coherent history is an extraordinary feat and makes compelling reading.
'Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing' - THE TIMES
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
HarperCollins Publishers
Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 C9W8
D01 C9W8 Dublin
enquiries@harpercollins.ie
Szczegóły
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Data wydania: 09.05.2024
Liczba stron: 736
Wymiary: 13.5x21.6
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
Wydawca: HarperCollins Publishers
Autor:
Tytuł:The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
EAN: 9780008192440
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