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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     James, P. D.     Subjects     Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      James, P. D.       by title:      Talking about detect...         MARC Display

Talking about detective fiction / P.D. James. by James, P. D. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Subjects Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9780307592828 (alk. paper) 0307592820 (alk. paper) Description:  viii, 198 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Edition:  1st American ed. Contents:  What are we talking about and how did it all begin? -- The tenant of 221B Baker Street and the parish priest from Cobhole in Essex -- The Golden Age -- Soft-centered and hard-boiled -- Four formidable women -- Telling the story : setting, viewpoint, people -- Critics and aficionados : why some don't enjoy them and why others do -- Today and a glimpse of tomorrow. Requests:  0 Summary:  P. D. James--one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today--gives us a personal, lively exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it. She examines the genre from top to bottom, beginning with the mysteries at the hearts of such novels as Charles Dickens's Bleak House, and bringing us into the present with such writers as Colin Dexter and Sara Paretsky. She compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing. She discusses detective fiction as social history, the stylistic components of the genre, her own process of writing, how critics have reacted over the years, and what she sees as a renewal of detective fiction--and of the detective hero--in recent years.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 823.8 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.8 James Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.8 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 823.8 Ja Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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