Talking About Detective Fiction by PD James
Read by................... Diana Bishop
Abr/Unabr................ Unabridged
Source.................... CD
Encoded at.............. 48 kbps 44 kHz CBR Mono Fraunhofer (JetAudio 8+)
# Of MP3 Files......... 14
Total Size.................89 MB
Total Runtime.......... 4 hours 19 mins
Synopsis:
Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P. D. James examines the challenges of a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years. From the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P. D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has entertained the popular imagination.
Talking about Detective Fiction starts with an essay about the birth of this genre and the importance of Conon Doyle in making this kind of book popular. Much of the book concentrates on what she terms the “Golden Age” of detective fiction and the writers Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh figure largely. The American Golden Age also merits a chapter about the more gritty-style of Dashell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. One of the later chapters touches on why PD James started to write detective fiction and a little about her approach to writing.
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