Editore: Oxford University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0195370716 ISBN 13: 9780195370713
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0195370716 ISBN 13: 9780195370713
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: Oxford Univ Press, N.Y., 2005
ISBN 10: 0195182146 ISBN 13: 9780195182149
Da: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. Very light wear else near fine in dust jacket with crease at spine. Preface by Tony Hillerman. 434 pages. Three-quarters of a century ago, Dorothy L. Sayers compiled the classic anthology "The Omnibus of Crime", a definitive collection of short fiction that brought together crime and mystery works from the Apocryphal Scriptures to whodunits from the 1920s. Now, reflecting the explosive developments in the genre, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of that book's publication with "A New Omnibus of Crime". Like Sayers's volume, this new book is envisioned as a vehicle carrying stories the editors think represent the best in crime and mystery writing in our time. Selections also reflect the tastes of Contributing Editors Sue Grafton and Jeffery Deaver, both of whom have stories in this volume. The anthology begins with a story by Sayers herself; other giants of the genre, including Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, are also represented among the twenty-seven works. Hillerman and Herbert introduce each story and place each selection in the context of the literary history of the genre. Several of the writers confide the circumstances and real-life happenings that inspired them to write their stories. The book concludes with stories by Jeffery Deaver, Alexander McCall Smith, and Catherine Aird -- all in print for the first time here. While mystery writers in Sayers's day shunned the love interest as a distraction from a puzzling plot, some of these stories show how the depiction of love-thwarted or otherwise-can effectively enrich crime writing. In the last seven-plus decades, the use of a distinctly regional voice has also revitalized the genre, as our selection of stories shows. And while Sayers's contemporaries looked at crime as something that could be solved and "tidied up," writers here take the view that the effects of crime linger like a stain even after a solution has been reached. Illustrating another more recent trend, pets romp through these pages, some in surprising ways. Book.
Editore: Harpercollins, U.S.A., 1985
ISBN 10: 0060153962 ISBN 13: 9780060153960
Da: Barsoom Books, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. Square, solid, and unread, with a lovely dust jacket in protective Brodart cover -- what more could you ask for? When you receive this book, you'll feel as though you've received a rare gift from one of Scheherazade's fabled djinn! You MAY even cartwheel with glee! NOTE: There is one minor flaw to the book: a tiny dark stain to the back board at the bottom, about half the size of a grain of rice. Other than that, perfection itself.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0195182146 ISBN 13: 9780195182149
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0195182146 ISBN 13: 9780195182149
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0195370716 ISBN 13: 9780195370713
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Regno Unito
Condizione: New.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0195370716 ISBN 13: 9780195370713
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Regno Unito
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0195182146 ISBN 13: 9780195182149
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Regno Unito
Condizione: New.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0195182146 ISBN 13: 9780195182149
Da: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, Regno Unito
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0195370716 ISBN 13: 9780195370713
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers left off, bringing together monumental, important,and entertaining works of short crime fiction published over eight decades from the era of the Great Depression to the first years of the twenty-first century.