| John Buchan: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction Contributor(s): MacDonald, Kate (Author), Foxwell, Elizabeth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786434899 ISBN-13: 9780786434893 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2008 Annotation: Scottish politician, statesman and thriller writer John Buchan was a prolific and popular author whose work examined the nature of good and evil and explored the shifting boundaries between civilization and anarchy. Buchan wrote the best-selling thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps in 1915, one of 40 novels of his long career, which also included 60 biography, history and other non-fiction books. This comprehensive companion includes entries on the characters, novels, short fiction, films, themes, and symbols that readers need to know. Special attention is paid to the serialized secret agent Richard Hannay, Buchan's most famous character. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Reference - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 2008039057 |
| Series: McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 7.02" W x 10" (0.90 lbs) 229 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The works of Scottish politician, statesman and thriller writer John Buchan examined the nature of good and evil and explored the shifting boundaries between civilization and anarchy. Buchan published the best-selling The Thirty-Nine Steps in 1915, one of 40 novels of his long career, which also included 60 works of non-fiction. This comprehensive companion to Buchan's mystery fiction includes entries on the characters, novels, short fiction, films, themes and symbols with special attention to the serialized secret agent Richard Hannay, Buchan's most famous character. Also included are photographs, chronologies, appendices, a brief biography, a bibliography and a thorough index. |