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

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2008

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Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2009), Macavity Award (2009)

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.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780786432981
ISBN-10: 0786432985
Pagini: 217
Dimensiuni: 153 x 230 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: McFarland & Company

Descriere

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 Sj????wall and Per Wahl???????? (Stockholm), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico City), Leonardo Sciascia (Sicily) and Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome).

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Edgar Allan Poe Awards Nominee, 2009
Macavity Award Nominee, 2009

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