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Talking About Detective Fiction
A work of Non-fiction by P.D. James
Subgenres:
- Literary Criticism,
- Essays,
- True Crime and Mystery History
This book is for you if you're into...
- Deep dives into the evolution of detective fiction
- Behind-the-scenes looks at classic and modern mystery writers
- Genre analysis mixed with personal insights from a master
In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it.
Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell, P. D. James goes right to the heart of the genre. Along the way she traces the lives and writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, and many more.
Here is P.D. James discussing detective fiction as social history, explaining its stylistic components, revealing her own writing process, and commenting on the recent resurgence of detective fiction in modern culture. It is a must have for the mystery connoisseur and casual fan alike.
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