Hooded Gunman - An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club

Informationen zum Autor John Curran is the long-time literary advisor to Agatha Christie's estate, often giving talks and appearing on documentaries about her life. He has spent the last few years unpicking the notebooks and deciphering Agatha Christie's handwriting for this, his first book. Klappentext An illustrated history of Collins' Crime Club's exploits between 1930 and 1994. Shows the jackets of every book published in the imprint and gives a descriptive blurb for each.

About the author

Dr John Curran is a lifelong fan of Golden Age detective fiction and one of Ireland’s foremost experts on classic crime. For many years he edited the official Agatha Christie Newsletter and helped to establish the Agatha Christie Archive. He was consultant to the National Trust during the restoration of Greenway House and wrote his doctoral thesis on the Golden Age of Detective Fiction at Trinity College, Dublin. His two volumes about Agatha Christie’s notebooks won three major US mystery awards (the Agatha, Anthony and Macavity), and his history of Collins’ Crime Club, The Hooded Gunman, was nominated for an Edgar and won the 2019 H.R.F. Keating Award for best critical book related to crime fiction. He set up the annual Bodies from the Library conference at the British Library and is in demand as a speaker and lecturer on Agatha Christie from his home in Dublin.

Product details

• Authors: John Curran, Curran John, John Curran
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780008192358
• ISBN: 978-0-00-819235-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 286 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Historical mysteries, 20th Century, DESIGN / Book, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, Book design, Classic crime, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Historical crime & mysteries, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Book design and Bookbinding, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Create;Plan;Step;Help