Murder in Miniature: The Short Stories of Leo Bruce - Rilegato

Bruce, Leo; Pike, B. A.

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ISBN 10: 0897333675 ISBN 13: 9780897333672

Casa editrice: Chicago Review Pr, 1992

Riassunto

As an exponent of the classic detective novel in its pure form, Leo Bruce is unquestionably in the front rank. These stories complete the oeuvre of a major detective novelist. Here Bruce's gift for entertaining dialogue is at its peak, and so is his extraordinary gift for mystery: he teases, tangles and contrives with cunning. Even the slightest of the stories is deft and telling, skillfully narrated, with economy and point. The best are worthy additions to the canon, elegant, clever and satisfying.
All but one story in this collection were written for the London Evening Standard, where they appeared between 1950 and 1956. This collection contains twenty-eight stories, only two of which have been previously collected: ten feature Sergeant Beef, eight feature Sergeant Grebe and ten have no series character. They add to our knowledge of Sergeant Beef, one of the most colorful of fictional detectives (and one whose full-length cases are too few in number); they introduce an unexpected second detective, the astute and resourceful policeman, Sergeant Grebe; and they offer a last chance to encounter anew their author's characteristic wit and ingenuity. Few writers so adroitly avoid the formulaic quality of crime writing by the variety and vitality of their characters.

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L'autore:

Leo Bruce is the nom de plume of Rupert Croft-Cooke, who wrote some 125 mysteries, biographies and memoirs. He died in 1980. There are twenty-two mysteries featuring Deene, of which Academy Chicago has already published eleven. Death at Hallows End starts the new hardcover series. The remaining novels will be published over the next several seasons. First published in 1964, Death at Hallows End—like all Carolus Deene novels—appears in the U.S. for the first time under an American imprint. Vincent Panella has been a reporter and freelance magazine writer. He teaches writing at Vermont Law School.

Product Description:

Master crime writer Leo Bruce wrote the majority of these tales for the "London Evening Standard" where they appeared between 1950 and 1956. There are twenty-eight stories in this book. They add to our knowledge of Sergeant Beef, one of the most colourful fictional detectives; we are also introduced to an unexpected second detective, the astute and resourceful policeman Sergeant Grebe; and they offer a last chance to encounter anew their author's characteristic wit and ingenuity.

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• Editore: Chicago Review Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0897333675
• ISBN 13: 9780897333672
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256