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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Outros autores: Ashley, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:English
Publicado: New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004.
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Περίληψη: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.
Descrición Física:534 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:978-0-7867-1416-2