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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Barry ForshawPublisher: Intellect Imprint: Intellect Books Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781783205219ISBN 10: 1783205210 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 15 December 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction Case Studies Inspector Salvo Montalbano - Barbara Pezzotti Inspector Morse - Barry Forshaw Chief Inspector Jules Maigret - Jon Wilkins Detective Martin Beck - Katarina Gregersdotter Detective Harry Bosch - Darren Brooks Inspector Kurt Wallander - Barry Forshaw Detective Inspector John Rebus - Erin E. MacDonald Detective Harry Hole - Murray Pratt Chief Inspector Javier Falcón - Stewart King Detectives Sarah Lund & Saga Norén - Jackie Collins Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg - David Platten Commander Adam Dalgleish - Lisa Fluet Detective Van Veeteren - Peter Messent Interrogation ReportsReviewsBarry Forshaw is a leading expert on crime fiction and film and the author of a number of books on the genre. 'Detective is a book of commissioned essays on two themes: the growing international reach of the genre, and the propensity of it to reflect the social conditions of its time. In his introduction, Barry Forshaw asks what is the source of the enduring popularity of detective fiction. He finds the answer in its ability to palliate the chaos of an unstable world [7] which drives the other part of his answer, the growing international interest in the genre.' -- Charles Brownson, Cercles 'Although the surface pleasures of the detective story are considerable, the writers whom Forshaw has enlisted are at their most intriguing when discussing subtext.' -- Jonathon Barnes, TLS 'Readily accessible for a readership well acquainted with crime fiction through reading for pleasure.' -- Sarah Ward, Crimepieces After a brisk introduction, this volume, edited by Forshaw, offers insights into a variety of twentieth- and twenty-first century iterations of the form. Crime fiction, he argues, is a genre that, while necessarily prescriptive, offers the possibility of 'acute social critique.' Although the surface pleasures of the detective story are considerable, the writers whom Forshaw has enlisted are at their most intriguing when discussing subtext. . . . The figure of the detective, a literary staple for more than a century-and-a-half, remains complex, shifting and fiercely modem. As Forshaw's book makes plain, it still has much to offer in its curious combination of the comforting and confrontational. --Times Literary Supplement Author InformationBarry Forshaw is a leading expert on crime fiction and film and the author of a number of books on the genre. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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