Overview
This highly accessible, lively and informative study gives a clear and comprehensive overview of recent trends in American crime fiction. Building on a discussion of the immediate predecessors, Bertens and D'haen focus on the work of popular and award-winning authors of the last fifteen years. Particular attention is given to writers who have reworked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities.
- | Author: Hans Bertens
- | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2001
- | Number of Pages: 233 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0333684656
- | ISBN-13: 9780333684658
