Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Criminal Convictions : Errant Essays on Perpetrators of Literary License, Hardback Book

Criminal Convictions : Errant Essays on Perpetrators of Literary License Hardback

Hardback

Item not Available

Description

Universally recognized as a premier writers of crime fiction, Nicolas Freeling here displays yet another side of his original mind in these "enviably perceptive and lyrical" essays (Kirkus) on other players in the same field.

Freeling's definition of "crime fiction" is refreshingly broad, comprising not only the usual suspects-tSayers, Conan Doyle, Simenon, to name but a few of those he discusses-but also Dickens, Kipling, Stendhal, and Conrad.

For Freeling, the mystery genre embraces multitudinous forms and an astounding variety of practitioners, from great literary stylists to base hacks.

As might be expected, he is never at a loss for words nor diffident in his judgments about either.

This is a collection for anyone interested in the literature of crime, and indeed in literature tout court -for, as Freeling says, "The nature of crime is also the nature of art".

Information

Save 18%

£16.95

£13.75

Item not Available
Item not Available
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information