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Title:

Whodunit? : a guide to crime, suspense, and spy fiction / [edited by] H.R.F. Keating.

Publisher:

Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,

Copyright Date:

1982

Description:

320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Popular literature--English-speaking countries--History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Spy stories--History and criticism.
Suspense fiction--History and criticism.
Espionage in literature.
Spies in literature.
Roman policier anglais--Histoire et critique.
Roman policier américain--Histoire et critique.
Criminels dans la littérature.
Roman d'espionnage--Histoire et critique.
Roman--Art d'écrire.

Other Authors:

Keating, H. R. F. (Henry Reymond Fitzwalter), 1926-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

[pt. 5.] Why people read crime fiction / A pre-history / Philip Graham. The Godfather and the Father / H.R.F. Keating -- The English detective story / Robert Barnard -- The American police procedural / Hillary Waugh -- The British police procedural / Michael Gilbert -- The short story / Eleanor Sullivan -- The Suspense novel / Jessica Mann -- The thriller / Jerry Palmer -- The Gothic / Michele Slung -- The espionage novel / John Gardner -- [pt. 2.] How I write my books: Under financial duress / Stanley Ellin -- A series of scenes / P.D. James -- Unprocessed idea to processed word / Desmond Bagley -- Waiting till they talk / Dorothy Eden -- Not-thinking with the dishes / Patricia Highsmith -- On getting ridof an idea / Gregory Mcdonald -- Perspiration, a constant factor / Lionel Davidson -- Even on Christmas Day / Len Deighton -- Voyages- and shipwrecks / Eric Ambler -- Flying a bit high / H.R.F. Keating -- [pt. 3.] Writers and their books: a consumer's guide / Dorothy B. Hughes, Reginald Hill, Melvyn Barnes and H.R.F. Keating -- [pt. 4.] The people of crime fiction / H.R.F. Keating -- [pt. 5.] Why people read crime fiction / Philip Graham.

ISBN:

9780442254384
0442254385

LCCN:

82008616

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)