Talking About Detective Fiction
Author(s): P. D. James
P. D. James brings a lifetime of reading and writing crime fiction to bear on this personal history of the genre, from the birth of the detective story, through Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle, to the golden age of crime and the rise of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham. There is a chapter on great American crime writers such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett, and P. D. James also discusses many of her favourite detectives, from Sherlock Holmes to Kurt Wallender.
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A celebration of the best in crime writing through the ages from one of the world's pre-eminent crime writer.
P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors.
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- : Faber & Faber
- : Faber & Faber
- : 0.157
- : 06 October 2010
- : 198mm X 126mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations
- : 160
- : 809.3872
- : Paperback
- : P. D. James