The Oxford Book of Detective Stories

The Oxford Book of Detective Stories
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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages : 587
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ISBN-10 : 0192803719
ISBN-13 : 9780192803719
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of Detective Stories by : Patricia Craig

Download or read book The Oxford Book of Detective Stories written by Patricia Craig and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of detective fiction is vast, and The Oxford Book of Detective Stories brings together the best short fiction from around the world to show how different nationalities have imposed their own stamp on the genre. As well as English and American stories from acknowledged masters such as Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, and Agatha Christie, the anthology includes stories by Simenon, Conan Doyle, Sarah Paretsky, and Ian Rankin, and roams across Europe and further afield to embrace Japan, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, and other countries. Women detectives, police procedurals, the amateur sleuth, locked-room mysteries are all here, and in her introduction Patricia Craig examines the figure of the detective in international literature.


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