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  Bloody Murder: from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel (Hardback) By (author) Julian Symons

  

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  Short Description for Bloody Murder: from the Detective Story to the Crime NovelIn celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year, here is the third and final revised edition of his classic history of mystery fiction. The views expressed here are as candid as ever. One bestselling writer is called unreadable, another compared to writers of "strip cartoon stories". But the general tone is warmly appreciative of every sort of book within the genre.
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  • Publisher: Warner Books
  • Published: 31 December 1993
  • Format: Hardback 349 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Crime
  • ISBN 13: 9780892964963 ISBN 10: 0892964960
  • Sales rank: 247,789

Full description for Bloody Murder: from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel

• In celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year, here is the third and final revised edition of his classic history of mystery fiction. The views expressed here are as candid as ever. One bestselling writer is called unreadable, another compared to writers of "strip cartoon stories." But the general tone is warmly appreciative of every sort of book within the genre.