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  Talking About Detective Fiction (Hardback) By (author) P. D. James

  

  

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  Short Description for Talking About Detective FictionFrom the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.
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  • Publisher: The Bodleian Library
  • Published: 23 September 2009
  • Format: Hardback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Creative Writing & Creative Writing Guides | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
  • ISBN 13: 9781851243099 ISBN 10: 1851243097
  • Sales rank: 79,671

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• To judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as a novelist. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Village Priest from Cubhole in Essex, from the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P.D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel. Written by the author widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction.