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James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction - Paperback

by Jim Mancall
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jim Mancall, Elizabeth FoxwellSeries:McFarland Companions to Mystery FictionAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-01-14Pages:240
Languages:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786433070ISBN-10:786433078UPC:9780786433070Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective FictionAward:2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Nominee - Critical/Biographical AwardSize:9.80 x 6.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.95Product ID:SCF6DPH4B6

This comprehensive guide to James Ellroy's work and life is arranged as an encyclopedia covering his entire career, from his first private-eye novel, Brown's Requiem, to his 2012 e-book Shakedown. It introduces new readers to his characters and plots, and provides experienced Ellroy fans and scholars with detailed analyses of the themes, motifs and stylistic innovations of his books. The work is a tour of Ellroy's dark underworld, highlighting the controversies and unsettling questions that characterize his work, as well as assessing Ellroy's place in the annals of American literature.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786433070ISBN-10:786433078UPC:9780786433070Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective FictionAward:2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Nominee - Critical/Biographical AwardSize:9.80 x 6.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.95Product ID:SCF6DPH4B6
Jim Mancall is assistant provost at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he occasionally lectures about detective and mystery fiction. He lives in Norton, Massachusetts. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

Awards

🏆 2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Nominee - Critical/Biographical Award

Contributor(s)

Jim Mancall, Elizabeth Foxwell

Author

Jim Mancall

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