| Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction Contributor(s): Geherin, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786432985 ISBN-13: 9780786432981 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors, this book focuses on the many ways that setting and place figure in modern crime and mystery novels. After an introductory chapter dealing with a general consideration of place in fiction, subsequent chapters consider the works of recent mystery writers for whom setting greatly contributes to overall literary style. From best-selling U.S. authors Walter Mosley, Carl Hiaasen, and James Lee Burke to international favorites Georges Simenon and Paco Ignacio Taibo II, the author ranges widely among the most acclaimed writers of recent mystery fiction. Topics explored include: The afro-centric urban Los Angeles environment in Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress, the small-town exoticism of James Lee Burke's southern Louisiana in The Neon Rain, and the gritty South African setting of James McClure's The Steam Pig. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction |
| Dewey: 809.387 |
| LCCN: 2007052694 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.03" W x 9.05" (0.68 lbs) 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors for whom the setting greatly contributes to their overall literary style, this book focuses on the many ways that place figures in modern crime and mystery novels. The authors (and their settings) are: Georges Simenon (Paris), Donna Leon (Venice), Tony Hillerman (American Southwest), Walter Mosley (South Central Los Angeles), George P. Pelecanos (Washington, D.C.), Sara Paretsky (Chicago), James Lee Burke (Southern Louisiana), Carl Hiaasen (South Florida), Ian Rankin (Edinburgh), Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana), James McClure (South Africa), Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo (Stockholm), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico City), Leonardo Sciascia (Sicily) and Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome). |