The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction by Barry Forshaw

The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction by Barry Forshaw

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Takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world's most popular literary genre. This book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. It is illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams.

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The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction by Barry Forshaw

The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world’s most popular literary genre. The insider’s book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You’ll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. Complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams …all the evidence that counts
Barry Forshaw reviews crime fiction for The Independent and The Express, and edits Crime Time magazine
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ISBN 13 9781843536543
ISBN 10 1843536544
Titre The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Auteur Barry Forshaw
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Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur APA Publications
Année de publication 2007-06-07
Nombre de pages 320
Prix Short-listed for Macavity Award (Nonfiction) 2008
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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