Comic Crime - Bargainnier - Books - The Popular Press - 9780879723842 - January 31, 1987
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Comic Crime

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The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.


Publisher Marketing: The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.

Contributor Bio:  Bargainnier, Earl F Earl F. Bargainnier was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English Language and Literature at Wesleyan College. A former president of the Popular Culture Association, he was the author of more than sixty articles and edited "Ten Women of Mystery "and "Twelve Englishmen of Mystery "and co-edited "Cops and Constables," Professor Bargainnier died January 3, 1987.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 31, 1987
ISBN13 9780879723842
Publishers The Popular Press
Pages 202
Dimensions 152 × 228 × 11 mm   ·   333 g

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