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Sep 23, 2009 · P.D. James. P. D. James, byname of Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park, (born August 3, 1920, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died November 27, 2014, Oxford), British mystery novelist best known for her fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard. The daughter of a middle-grade civil servant, James grew up in the ...
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Talking About Detective Fiction is fascinating. It’s as rich in characters and literary detail as the novels that have made James famous.” — USA Today “It is P. D. James’s longevity, as well as her serene intelligence, that makes this book especially noteworthy and enjoyable. . . . If you want to extend your own reading, discover new ...
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Dec 1, 2009 · This relatively brief book (about 196 pages of text - the book dimensions are small and the pages have large margins all round) touches on a broad range of considerations, including the origins of detective fiction and how it was prefigured in Dickens, Austen, Bronte and others as well as the history of the genre through the Victorian and Edwardian ages as well as the "golden age" between the ...
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May 3, 2011 · ISBN-13 : 978-0307743138. Item Weight : 6.6 ounces. Dimensions : 5.2 x 0.45 x 8 inches. Best Sellers Rank: #1,176,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #327 in Mystery & Detective Literary Criticism. #447 in Mystery Writing Reference. #3,947 in Fiction Writing Reference (Books) Customer Reviews: 4.4 149 ratings.
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About Talking About Detective Fiction. In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James—one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction—gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it.“An avid book-length essay on the roots ...
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Dec 1, 2009 · Talking About Detective Fiction. In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James—one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction—gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it.“An avid book-length essay on the roots, ethics ...
Dec 1, 2009 · P. D. James examines the genre of detective fiction from top to bottom, beginning with the mystery plots at the hearts of such novels as Great Expectations and Jane Eyre, and bringing us firmly into the present with such writers as Amanda Cross and Henning Mankell.
