The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 311 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781843536543
- Publisher:
- Rough Guides, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 05/15/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Ian Rankin, Barry Farshaw
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.