Talking About Detective Fiction
by James, P. D
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307592820
- ISBN 13
- 9780307592828
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Synopsis
P. D. James is the author of 20 books, most of which have been filmed for television. Before her retirement in 1979, she served in the forensics and criminal justice departments of Great Britain's Home Office, and she has been a magistrate and a governor of the BBC. The recipient of many prizes and honors, including being inducted into the International Crime Writers Hall of Fame, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. In 2000 she celebrated her 80th birthday.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025969
- Title
- Talking About Detective Fiction
- Author
- James, P. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First North American Edition, stated.
- ISBN 10
- 0307592820
- ISBN 13
- 9780307592828
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- CRIME FICTION, DETECTIVE NOVELS, P. D. JAMES, MYSTERY WRITERS, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime; Books on Books/publishing;
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