The mammoth book of roaring twenties whodunnits /
Mike Ashley's brilliant new collection of whodunnits presents stories that reflect all the excitement, escapism and eccentricity of the 1920s.The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense - this was a decade when everyone went a little bit crazy.It was also a decade that saw...
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| বিন্যাস: | গ্রন্থ |
| ভাষা: | English |
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New York :
Carroll & Graf Publishers,
2004.
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| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | Mike Ashley's brilliant new collection of whodunnits presents stories that reflect all the excitement, escapism and eccentricity of the 1920s.The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense - this was a decade when everyone went a little bit crazy.It was also a decade that saw wonderful detective fiction from the likes of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and others. Contributions range from Cornell Woolrich's story of murder at a jazz party set aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi, to Grenville Robbins' impossible homicide committed on the radio, live on air, and Mat Coward's tale of death at a house party hosting the inaugural meeting of the British Communist Party. |
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| দৈহিক বর্ননা: | 534 p. ; 20 cm. |
| আইসবিএন: | 978-0-7867-1416-2 |