Talking about Detective Fiction
by James, P.D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1851243097
- ISBN 13
- 9781851243099
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped (no price). Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Here James "examines the cahllenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as a novelist.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5611
- Title
- Talking about Detective Fiction
- Author
- James, P.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1851243097
- ISBN 13
- 9781851243099
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Detective Fiction, Crime Fiction, Mystery Fiction, Literary Criticism
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