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The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories
Author: Tony Hillerman (Editor), Rosemary Herbert (Editor)
Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" launched the detective story in 1841. The genre began as a highbrow form of entertainment, a puzzle to be solved by a rational sifting of clues. In Britain, the stories became decidedly upper crust: the crime often committed in a world of manor homes and formal gardens, the blood on the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195117929
ISBN-10: 0195117921
Publication Date: 12/11/1997
Pages: 704
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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