Symons, Julian
by Mortal Consequences: A History From the Detective Story To the Crime Novel
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0060141875
- ISBN 13
- 9780060141875
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About This Item
New York. 1972. March 1972. Harper & Row. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket . 0060141875. 269 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio. keywords: Mystery Literary Criticism . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ross Macdonald says: Julian Symons, the distinguished English crime novelist and critic, has given us the best history of the detective story and crime novel yet written. I found it wonderfully good reading!' CONTENTS: What They Are and Why We Read Them; The Two Strands: Godwin, Vidocq, Poe; Dickens, Collins, Gaboriau; the Pattern Forms; Interregnum; The Case of Sherlock Holmes; The Short Story: The First Golden Age; The Rise of the Novel; The Golden Age: The Twenties; The Golden Age: The Thirties; The Golden Age: Rebellion; Simenon and Maigret; Mr. Queen, Will You Be Good Enough to Explain Your Famous Character's Sex Life, If Any?; The Short Story's Mutations; Crime Novel and Police Novel; Big Producers and Big Sellers, Curiosities and Singletons; A Short History of the Spy Story; In the Crystal Ball; Index. inventory #24297 ISBN: 0060141875.
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- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24297
- Title
- Symons, Julian
- Author
- Mortal Consequences: A History From the Detective Story To the Crime Novel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060141875
- ISBN 13
- 9780060141875
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1972
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