The Rough Guide To Crime Fiction
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The Rough Guide To Crime Fiction
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Author : Rough Guides
language : en
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Release Date : 2007-06-07
The Rough Guide To Crime Fiction written by Rough Guides and has been published by Rough Guides UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
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
Crime Fiction A Reader S Guide
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Author : Barry Forshaw
language : en
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-01-10
Crime Fiction A Reader S Guide written by Barry Forshaw and has been published by Oldcastle Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Are you a lover of crime fiction looking for new discoveries or hoping to rediscover old favourites? Then look no further. There are few contemporary crime fiction guides that cover everything from the golden age to current bestselling writers from America, Britain and all across the world, but the award-winning Barry Forshaw, one of the UK's leading experts in the field, has provided a truly comprehensive survey with definitive coverage in this expanded new edition of the much admired Rough Guide to Crime Fiction. Every major writer is included, along with many other more esoteric choices. Focusing on a key book (or books) by each writer, and with essays on key crime genres, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide (with a foreword by Ian Rankin) is designed to be both a crime fan's shopping list and a pithy, opinionated but unstuffy reference tool and history. Most judgements are generous (though not uncritical), and there is a host of entertaining, informed entries on related films and TV. 'Most comprehensive, accessible and readable guides to noir crime fiction' - Times 'An essential volume for the crime and thriller aficionado' - Shots Magazine 'Exemplary tour of the crime landscape... supremely readable' - Independent
Death In A Cold Climate
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Author : B. Forshaw
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-01-11
Death In A Cold Climate written by B. Forshaw and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .
American Noir
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Author : Barry Forshaw
language : en
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
Release Date : 2017-04-27
American Noir written by Barry Forshaw and has been published by Oldcastle Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Barry Forshaw is acknowledged as a leading expert on crime fiction and films from Britain and the European countries, but a further area of expertise is American crime fiction, film and TV, as demonstrated in such books as The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction and Detective. After the success of earlier entries in his Noir series - Nordic Noir, Brit Noir and Euro Noir - he now tackles the largest and, some might argue, most impressive body of crime fiction from a single country, the United States, to produce the perfect reader's guide to modern American crime fiction. The word 'Noir' is used in its loosest sense: every major living American writer is considered (including the giants Harlan Coben, Patricia Cornwell, James Lee Burke, James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky, as well as non-crime writers such as Stephen King who stray into the genre), often through a concentration on one or two key books. Many exciting new talents are highlighted, and Barry Forshaw's knowledge of - and personal acquaintance with - many of the writers grants valuable insights into this massively popular field. But the crime genre is as much about films and TV as it is about books, and American Noir is a celebration of the former as well as the latter. US television crime drama in particular is enjoying a new golden age, and all of the important current series are covered here, as well as key important recent films. 'The book canters through American Crime fiction of the early 21st century, conveys information in an easily accessible manner and provides a readable overview of the whole area, one that can be dipped into at random, consulted for specific information or read for general interest' - Mystery People 'Forshaw's deep knowledge of Noir ensures this is a fascinating guide, as well as a top-notch reading list' - Crime Scene Magazine Look out for the other books in Barry Forshaw's Noir series Euro Noir, Nordic Noir, Brit Noir and Historical Noir, and for his latest book, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide.
Waterstone S Guide To Crime Fiction
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Author : Nick Rennison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Waterstone S Guide To Crime Fiction written by Nick Rennison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Crime in literature categories.
A Killing In November
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Author : Simon Mason
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-01-20
A Killing In November written by Simon Mason and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-20 with Fiction categories.
'[A] terrific crime novel' Mick Herron 'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month) '[W]ell plotted and very funny' ***** Sun 'This has a TV series written all over it' Daily Mail ---------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Wilkins grew up on a trailer park, a member of what many people would call the criminal classes. As a young Detective Inspector, he's lost none of his disgust with privileged elites - or his objectionable manners. But he notices things; they stick to his eyes. His professional partner, DI Ray Wilkins, of affluent Nigerian-London heritage, is an impeccably groomed, smooth-talking graduate of Balliol College, Oxford. You wouldn't think they would get on. They don't. But when a young woman is found strangled at Barnabas Hall, they're forced to. Rich Oxford is not Ryan's natural habitat. St Barnabas's irascible Provost does not appreciate his forceful line of questioning. But what was the dead woman doing in the Provost's study? Is it just a coincidence that on the night of her murder the college was entertaining Sheik al-Medina, a Gulf state ruler linked to human-rights abuses in his own country and acts of atrocity in others? As tensions rise, things aren't going well. Ray is in despair. Ryan is in disciplinary measures. But their investigation gradually disentangles the links between a Syrian refugee lawyer now working in the college kitchens, a priceless copy of the Koran in the college collection and the identity of the dead woman. A Killing in November introduces an unlikely duo from different sides of the tracks in Oxford in a deftly plotted murder story full of dangerous turns, troubled pasts and unconventional detective work.
Euro Noir
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Author : Barry Forshaw
language : en
Publisher: Pocket Essentials (Paperback)
Release Date : 2014
Euro Noir written by Barry Forshaw and has been published by Pocket Essentials (Paperback) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Criticism categories.
Euro Noir examines the astonishing success of European fiction and drama which is often edgier, grittier and more compelling than some of its British or American equivalents, and provides a highly readable guide for those wanting to look further than the obvious choices. Euro Noir provides the perfect shopping list for what to watch or read before that trip to Paris, Rome or Berlin.
The Rough Guide To Film
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Author : Rough Guides
language : en
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Release Date : 2008-05-01
The Rough Guide To Film written by Rough Guides and has been published by Rough Guides UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-01 with Fiction categories.
Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world’s greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk’s Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors – and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and punishment to love, sex, heroes and anti-heroes, not to mention all the classics of comedy and satire, horror and mystery and many other literary genres. With feature boxes on experimental novels, female novelists, short reviews of interesting film and TV adaptations, and information on how the novel began, this guide will point you to all the classic literature you’ll ever need.
The Rough Guide To Classic Novels
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Author : Rough Guides
language : en
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Release Date : 2008-05-01
The Rough Guide To Classic Novels written by Rough Guides and has been published by Rough Guides UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-01 with Fiction categories.
Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world’s greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk’s Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors – and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and punishment to love, sex, heroes and anti-heroes, not to mention all the classics of comedy and satire, horror and mystery and many other literary genres. With feature boxes on experimental novels, female novelists, short reviews of interesting film and TV adaptations, and information on how the novel began, this guide will point you to all the classic literature you’ll ever need.
Nordic Noir
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Author : Barry Forshaw
language : en
Publisher: Kamera Books
Release Date : 2013
Nordic Noir written by Barry Forshaw and has been published by Kamera Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Performing Arts categories.
A compact and authoritative guide to the phenomenally popular genre, by a leading expert in Scandinavian crime fiction This information-packed study examines and celebrates books, films, and TV adaptations, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's highly influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander (subject of three separate TV series) to Stieg Larsson's groundbreaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; cult TV hits such as the Danish The Killing, The Bridge, and the political thriller Borgen; up to the massively successful books and films of the current king of the field, Norway's Jo Nesbø. It anatomizes the nigh-obsessive appeal of the subject and highlights every key book, film, and TV show. Aimed at both the beginner and the aficionado, this is a hugely informative, highly accessible guide to an essential crime genre.