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The Dragon Tattoo and Its Long Tail: The New Wave of ...

The Dragon Tattoo and Its Long Tail: The New Wave of ...

David Geherin

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Geherin, David, 1943–The dragon tattoo and its long tail : the new wave of European crime fiction in America / David Geherin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and ...
Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and ...

Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and ...

David Geherin

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Geherin, David, ¡943– Scene of the crime: the importance of place in crime and mystery fiction / David Geherin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Crime Fiction in the City: Capital Crimes

Crime Fiction in the City: Capital Crimes

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David Geherin also concludes that the genre's preference for serial writing makes place specifically important in crime fiction. David Geherin, Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction (Jefferson: McFarland, ...
John D. MacDonald

John D. MacDonald

David Geherin

Discusses the author's achievements as a writer of mystery and suspense and provides insight into all his major works
Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective: A Critical History from ...

Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective: A Critical History from ...

Lewis D. Moore

David Lehman, writing on Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski and Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone, notes: “The recent emergence ... David Geherin states, “The private-eye genre is a dynamic genre, capable of changing with 236 22: Multiples of Change.
Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

David Geherin

Briefly sketches Leonard's life discusses each of his novels, and assesses his place in crime literature
The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction

The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction

David Geherin

Describes twenty-seven fictional detectives, looks at the major novels and stories in which they appeared, and discusses trends in detective fiction
Dick Francis

Dick Francis

Melvyn P. Barnes

Mystery Writers Bruce Cassiday, General Editor Raymond Chandler by Jerry Speir P. D.James by Norma Siebenheller John D . MacDonald by David Geherin Victorian Masters of Mystery: From Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle by Audrey ...
Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

David Geherin

Because crimes in small communities hit closer to home, the human element can better be emphasized. This book focuses on the work of ten contemporary authors who have placed small towns like Rocksburg, Pennsylvania (K.
Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

David Geherin

Because crimes in small communities hit closer to home, the human element can better be emphasized. This book focuses on the work of ten contemporary authors who have placed small towns like Rocksburg, Pennsylvania (K.
Sons of Sam Spade: the private-eye novel in the 70s : Robert ...

Sons of Sam Spade: the private-eye novel in the 70s : Robert ...

David Geherin

Examines the state of the private-eye genre in the 1970s, concluding that the contemporary private-eye figure is somewhat younger, even more cynical, and much more political than his forties countepart
Sons of Sam Spade: the private-eye novel in the 70s : Robert ...

Sons of Sam Spade: the private-eye novel in the 70s : Robert ...

David Geherin

Examines the state of the private-eye genre in the 1970s, concluding that the contemporary private-eye figure is somewhat younger, even more cynical, and much more political than his forties countepart
The Dragon Tattoo and Its Long Tail: The New Wave of ...

The Dragon Tattoo and Its Long Tail: The New Wave of ...

David Geherin

"This critical text offers an introduction to current European crime writing by exploring ten of the best new crime and mystery authors from Sweden (Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell), Norway (Karin Fossum and Jo Nesbø), Iceland (Arnaldur ...
The secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate: Nancy Drew, the ...

The secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate: Nancy Drew, the ...

Carol Billman

RECOGNITIONS Mystery Writers Bruce Cassiday, General Editor Raymond Chandler by Jerry Speir P. D. James by Norma Siebenheller John D. MacDonald by David Geherin Victorian Masters of Mystery: From Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle ...
"G" is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone

"G" is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone

Natalie Hevener Kaufman

Franklin, Barbara H. “'W' Is for Writer.” University of Louisville Alumni Magazine, Fall 1995: 11—12. Geherin, David. “Grafton, Sue.” In Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Ed. Lesley Henderson. Third edition. Chicago and London: St.
Funny Thing about Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction ...

Funny Thing about Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction ...

David Geherin

Focusing on crime fiction, film and television that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this comprehensive study explores the reasons why writers and filmmakers inject humor into their work and identifies the various comic techniques they ...
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood

Conversations with Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood

David. J. Geherin. /. 1972. From Journal of Narrative Technique Volume 2 ( September 1972): 143-58. Reprinted by permission. The following interview took place on 17 March 1972 at Mr. Isherwood' s home in Santa Monica, California.
Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers at Work

Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers at Work

Charles Platt

... Richard E. Ziegfeld Theodore Sturgeon by Lucy Menger detective/suspense The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction by David Geherin Raymond Chandler by Jerry Speir Dashiell Hammett by Dennis Dooley Michael Innes by George ...
American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide

American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide

Larry N. Landrum

See Parker's essay in Robin Winks, Colloquium on Crime (1986); also Donald Greiser, "Robert B. Parker and the Jock of the Mean Streets" (1984); David Geherin, Sons of Sam Spade (1980); John W. Presley, "Theory into Practice: Robert ...
Calkins family in America

Calkins family in America

Kenneth Wayne Calkins

... 355 Darrel Earl: 277 Darrel I Lorraine: 306 Darwin: 369 Darwin J.: 294 Daryl Lewis: 399 David: 120 David: 26 David: 7, ... 352 David Farrington: 226 David Hiram: 225 David Hugh Atkins: 146 David Ingalls: 246 David Ingalls: 246,345 David ...
It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

Francesco Borseti

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy; Director: David Oliver Pfeil as “David Oliver”; Writers: David Oliver Pfeil as “David Oliver” (Screenplay) and Phil Groves (Screenplay “ Primal Urge”); Cinematographer: David Oliver Pfeil as “David Oliver”; Editor: Robert ...
Quicklet on David McNally and Karl Speak's Be Your Own ...

Quicklet on David McNally and Karl Speak's Be Your Own ...

Narielle Living

Sources. Brand Tool Box: The Team Dr. Chip Bell: Biography David McNally: The McNally Report, Volume 6 Issue 3 David McNally: Products David McNally: TransForm Corporation Premiere Speakers Bureau: David McNally Bio Consumer ...
The Perfect School

The Perfect School

Paul gGuzalski

“Mi names David Spark and I'm 'ere to do the electrics. David looked steadily into the middle-aged man's face and to be sure it was David Spark. “I don't remember asking for an electrician,” said David not convinced himself. For if he was 70, ...
The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman

The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman

David Lehman

Series Editor David Lehman David Lehman David Wagoner. LANCE LARSEN. Why. do. you. keep. putting. animals. in. your. poems? I open windows to catch a glimpse of grace on the horizon, and in they sneak, coyotes and crows, pikas and  ...
Kingsport Speedway

Kingsport Speedway

David M. McGee

David M. McGee. ingsport s peedway David M. McGee K Copyright © 2015 by David M. McGee ISBN 978-1-4671-1465-3 Published.
David's Journey

David's Journey

David Brody

On December 4, 1999, David was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer.
The Lives of David Brainerd: The Making of an American ...

The Lives of David Brainerd: The Making of an American ...

John A Grigg

Kilby,“David Brainerd,” 180, 185, 190. 82. Richard Hasler, Journey with David Brainerd: Forty Days or Forty Nights with David Brainerd (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1975). 83. Hasler, Journey with David Brainerd, 7–9; Ronald M. Enroth, ...
Mind of a Killer: Blood Smoke

Mind of a Killer: Blood Smoke

DJS

All David has ever known is to take orders, now that the Government has been scrutinised, David is now in the cross hairs. Journey on a rollercoaster ride as David tell his side of the story.
David Wells' Psychic Secrets. David Wells

David Wells' Psychic Secrets. David Wells

David Wells

In his latest incredible work, former Most Haunted presenter David Wells examines real life experiences to uncover the extraordinary truth behind psychic events.

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