Talking about Detective Fiction

Informationen zum Autor P. D. James Klappentext From the birth of crime writing with Wilkie Collins and Dostoevsky, through Conan Doyle to the golden age of crime, with the rise of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham, P. D. James brings a lifetime of reading and writing crime fiction to bear on this personal history of the genre. There are chapters on great American crime writers - the likes of Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett. James also discusses many of her favourite detectives, from Sherlock Holmes to Philip Marlowe. Talking About Detective Fiction is a celebration of the best in crime writing through the ages from P.D. James, the world's pre-eminent crime writer and author of many bestselling titles including Death Comes to Pemberley and Children of Men . Zusammenfassung From the birth of crime writing with Wilkie Collins and Dostoevsky, through Conan Doyle to the golden age of crime, with the rise of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham, P.

Product details

• Authors: P D James, P. D. James, P.D James, PD James
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.10.2010
• EAN: 9780571253586
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25358-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Series: PD James; PD James
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; James, P.D., James, P.D. : Erläuterungen zum Werk, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, Literary theory, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Technical Writing