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Description:Utilizing material from many sources to shed real insight into the laws, whys and wherefores, of crime, the book contains fiction and non-fiction items.Picador Book of Crime Writing ed. Michael Dibdin (Picador 0-330-32556-6, 1993, £14.99, 433pp, hc)ContentsOn Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts by Thomas de QuinceyIntroduction by Michael DibdinSerious BusinessThe Man Who Killed Himself by Julian SymonsThe Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov; trans. by A.E. ChamotThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThérèse Raquin [1867] by Émile ZolaA Kiss Before Dying by Ira LevinUnder the Knife by Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Maul and the Pear Tree by P.D. James & T.A. Critchley"A Case of Fratricide" by Franz Kafka; trans. by J.A. Underwood"Killings" by Andre Dubus"Hitcher" [from Book of Matches] by Simon ArmitageSmoke [Gavin Stevens] by William FaulknerPick-Up on Noon Street ["Noon Street Nemesis"] by Raymond ChandlerThe Killing of the Saints by Alex AbellaThe Police in Different VoicesSir, You Bastard by G.F. NewmanThe Steam Pig by James McClureAct of Darkness by Francis KingCop Killer by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö; trans. by Thomas TealMurder at the Munition Works by G.D.H. & M. ColeA Coat of Varnish by C.P. SnowThe Erasers [from Les gommes, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1953] by Alain Robbe-GrilletMaigret's Memoirs [from Les Mémoires de Maigret, Fayard; Paris, 1950; Insp. Jules Maigret] by Georges Simenon; trans. by J. StewartFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter Thompson72Freaky Deaky by Elmore LeonardSentence First, Verdict Afterwards(untitled) by Edgar Allan Poefrom "Epilogue: to Will H. Low" by Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbournefrom "Why Do People Read Detective Stories?" by Edmund Wilsonfrom "Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel" by Raymond Chandlerfrom "How to Write a Detective Story" by G.K. Chestertonfrom "The Case of the Corpse in the Blind Alley" by Philip Van Doren Stren(untitled) by T.S. EliotFinnegans Wake by James Joyce"Send for Lord Timothy" by John Heath-Stubbs(untitled) by Antonio Gramsci from "A Sober Word on the Detective Story" by Harrison R. Steeves(untitled) by Norman Shrapnel(untitled) by Allen Pryce-Jones(from "Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans", in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] by Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison from "Only a Detective Story" by Joseph Wood Krutchfrom Selected Essays by T.S. Eliot(from "Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans", in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] by Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff MorrisonThe Pledge [from Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman, Die Arche; Zürich, 1958] by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; trans. by R. & C. WinstonCity of Glass by Paul Austerfrom "The Analysis of a Detective Story" by Charles Rycroftfrom Postille a 'Il nome della rosa', Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Bompiani, Sonzongo Etas SPA] by Umberto Eco(from "Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans", in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] by Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison Passing Time [from L'Emploi du temps, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1951] by Michel Butor; trans. by J. Stewart"Detective Story" by W.H. Audenfrom "Simenon and 'Le Commissaire'" by Pierre Weisz(untitled) by Haerold Nicholson"The Wings of Henry James" by James Thurber(untitled) by Raymond Queneau; trans. by Michael Dibdinfrom Les mots, Gallimard [in English as Words] by Jean-Paul Sartre; trans. by Irene Clephanen"Somewhere a Roscoe…" by S.J. PerelmanFast One by Paul Cainfrom The Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays by Northrop FryeUncommon MurdersUncommon Murders by Michael DibdinThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoePorphyria's Lover by Robert BrowningThe Man Who Watched the Trains Go By [from L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains, Fayard; Paris, 1938] by Georges Simenon; trans. by S. GilbertThe Vatican Cellars [from Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950] by André Gide; trans. by D. BussyThe Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] by Oscar WildeA Kiss of Fire by Masako Togawa; trans. by S. GroveReputation for a Song by Edward GriersonVerdict of Twelve by Raymond PostgateA Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse4The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor by Cameron McCabe7"Model Village" by Carol Ann DuffyThe Thirty-First of February by Julian Symons"A Staffordshire Murderer" by James FentonMalice Aforethought by Francis IlesThe Dangerous Edge of ThingsThe Dangerous Edge of Things by Michael DibdinThe Lodger by Marie Belloc LowndesThe Killers by Ernest Hemingway7The Glass Key by Dashiell HammettSqueeze Play by Paul BenjaminTrust by George V. HigginsThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond ChandlerA Red Death [Easy Rawlins] by Walter MosleyThe Second Curtain by Roy FullerPlain Murder by C.S. ForesterWe, the Accused by Ernest RaymondI...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Picador Book of Crime Writing. To get started finding The Picador Book of Crime Writing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 432

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Publisher: Picador

Release: 1994

ISBN: 0330325574

Description: Utilizing material from many sources to shed real insight into the laws, whys and wherefores, of crime, the book contains fiction and non-fiction items.Picador Book of Crime Writing ed. Michael Dibdin (Picador 0-330-32556-6, 1993, £14.99, 433pp, hc)ContentsOn Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts by Thomas de QuinceyIntroduction by Michael DibdinSerious BusinessThe Man Who Killed Himself by Julian SymonsThe Shooting Party by Anton Chekhov; trans. by A.E. ChamotThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThérèse Raquin [1867] by Émile ZolaA Kiss Before Dying by Ira LevinUnder the Knife by Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Maul and the Pear Tree by P.D. James & T.A. Critchley"A Case of Fratricide" by Franz Kafka; trans. by J.A. Underwood"Killings" by Andre Dubus"Hitcher" [from Book of Matches] by Simon ArmitageSmoke [Gavin Stevens] by William FaulknerPick-Up on Noon Street ["Noon Street Nemesis"] by Raymond ChandlerThe Killing of the Saints by Alex AbellaThe Police in Different VoicesSir, You Bastard by G.F. NewmanThe Steam Pig by James McClureAct of Darkness by Francis KingCop Killer by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö; trans. by Thomas TealMurder at the Munition Works by G.D.H. & M. ColeA Coat of Varnish by C.P. SnowThe Erasers [from Les gommes, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1953] by Alain Robbe-GrilletMaigret's Memoirs [from Les Mémoires de Maigret, Fayard; Paris, 1950; Insp. Jules Maigret] by Georges Simenon; trans. by J. StewartFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter Thompson72Freaky Deaky by Elmore LeonardSentence First, Verdict Afterwards(untitled) by Edgar Allan Poefrom "Epilogue: to Will H. Low" by Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbournefrom "Why Do People Read Detective Stories?" by Edmund Wilsonfrom "Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel" by Raymond Chandlerfrom "How to Write a Detective Story" by G.K. Chestertonfrom "The Case of the Corpse in the Blind Alley" by Philip Van Doren Stren(untitled) by T.S. EliotFinnegans Wake by James Joyce"Send for Lord Timothy" by John Heath-Stubbs(untitled) by Antonio Gramsci from "A Sober Word on the Detective Story" by Harrison R. Steeves(untitled) by Norman Shrapnel(untitled) by Allen Pryce-Jones(from "Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans", in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] by Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison from "Only a Detective Story" by Joseph Wood Krutchfrom Selected Essays by T.S. Eliot(from "Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans", in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] by Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff MorrisonThe Pledge [from Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman, Die Arche; Zürich, 1958] by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; trans. by R. & C. WinstonCity of Glass by Paul Austerfrom "The Analysis of a Detective Story" by Charles Rycroftfrom Postille a 'Il nome della rosa', Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Bompiani, Sonzongo Etas SPA] by Umberto Eco(from "Über die Popularitat des Kriminalromans", in Gesammelte Werke, Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, 1967] by Bertolt Brecht; trans. by Jeff Morrison Passing Time [from L'Emploi du temps, Editions de Minuit; Paris, 1951] by Michel Butor; trans. by J. Stewart"Detective Story" by W.H. Audenfrom "Simenon and 'Le Commissaire'" by Pierre Weisz(untitled) by Haerold Nicholson"The Wings of Henry James" by James Thurber(untitled) by Raymond Queneau; trans. by Michael Dibdinfrom Les mots, Gallimard [in English as Words] by Jean-Paul Sartre; trans. by Irene Clephanen"Somewhere a Roscoe…" by S.J. PerelmanFast One by Paul Cainfrom The Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays by Northrop FryeUncommon MurdersUncommon Murders by Michael DibdinThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoePorphyria's Lover by Robert BrowningThe Man Who Watched the Trains Go By [from L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains, Fayard; Paris, 1938] by Georges Simenon; trans. by S. GilbertThe Vatican Cellars [from Les caves du Vatican, Gallimard; Paris, 1950] by André Gide; trans. by D. BussyThe Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] by Oscar WildeA Kiss of Fire by Masako Togawa; trans. by S. GroveReputation for a Song by Edward GriersonVerdict of Twelve by Raymond PostgateA Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse4The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor by Cameron McCabe7"Model Village" by Carol Ann DuffyThe Thirty-First of February by Julian Symons"A Staffordshire Murderer" by James FentonMalice Aforethought by Francis IlesThe Dangerous Edge of ThingsThe Dangerous Edge of Things by Michael DibdinThe Lodger by Marie Belloc LowndesThe Killers by Ernest Hemingway7The Glass Key by Dashiell HammettSqueeze Play by Paul BenjaminTrust by George V. HigginsThe Lady in the Lake by Raymond ChandlerA Red Death [Easy Rawlins] by Walter MosleyThe Second Curtain by Roy FullerPlain Murder by C.S. ForesterWe, the Accused by Ernest RaymondI...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Picador Book of Crime Writing. To get started finding The Picador Book of Crime Writing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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