OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH DETECTIVE STORIES
CRAIG,PATRICIA, ED; .includes vickers, roy; christie, agatha; blake, nicholas; dickson, carter; symons, julian; SAYERS, DOROTHY L. OTHERS.
Language: English
Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, NY, 1998
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- Title
- OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH DETECTIVE STORIES
- Author
- CRAIG,PATRICIA, ED; .includes vickers, roy; christie, agatha; blake, nicholas; dickson, carter; symons, julian; SAYERS, DOROTHY L. OTHERS.
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, NY
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0192829688
- ISBN 13
- 9780192829689
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by COVER CAMEO SHADOW ART
- Edition
- PAPERBACK; REISSUED.
- Dimensions
- 5x8"
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories gathers thirty-three engrossing tales of crime, ranging from the birth of the genre to the present day. Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Robert Barnard, and Simon Brett--all the giants of English mystery are here, as well as Christianna Brand, Ngaio Marsh, Michael Innes, Reginald Hill, Nicholas Blake, Michael Underwood, and many more. Editor Patricia Craig treats us to Sherlock Holmes, indefatigably tracking the details of the theft of Colonel Ross's prize horse, Silver Blaze, and the murder of its trainer. In "The Oracle of the Dog," G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown sits calmly in his study, solving at a distance the perplexing murder of Colonel Druce: was it the foreign Dr. Valentine, the foppish lawyer Traill, or Floyd, the exuberant American secretary? P.D. James sends Chief Superindentant Dalgliesh on the trail of a mysterious death from some seventy years before--a case with a final, darkly ironic twist. And Robert Barnard grimly lampoons English academe in "The Oxford Way of Death." In addition to this dazzling array of stories, Craig provides a concise introduction which surveys the origins and development of this enduring genre.
Ingenious, gothic, morbid, satirical--the English detective story ranks among the most dynamic and gripping fiction. In The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, Patricia Craig presents some of the best ever written, in an absorbing tour of the world of crime, detection, and retribution.
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About the Author
Patricia Craig is a freelance critic, reviewer, and writer. Her books include, with Mary Codogan, You're a Brick, Angela! and The Lady Investigates.
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