David Geherin

Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

Introduces readers to ten notable contemporary authors who have placed small towns like Rocksburg, Pennsylvania (K. C. Constantine), West Table, Missouri (Daniel Woodrell), Niniltna, Alaska (Dana Stabenow), Paradise, Michigan (Steve Hamilton), Heartsdale, Georgia (Karin Slaughter), Millers Kill, New York (Julia Spencer-Fleming), Durant, Wyoming (Craig Johnson), and a variety of America's National Parks (Nevada Barr) on the map of the contemporary American crime novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780786494286
• ISBN-10: 078649428X
• Artikelnr.: 41478462

Autorenporträt

David Geherin, a professor emeritus of English at Eastern Michigan University, is the author of ten books on crime fiction, three of which were finalists for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface delete
1 Introduction delete
3 1.
K. C. Constantine delete
11 2.
Daniel Woodrell delete
27 3.
Dana Stabenow delete
46 4.
Nevada Barr delete
62 5.
William Kent Krueger delete
80 6.
Steve Hamilton delete
98 7.
P. L. Gaus delete
114 8.
Karin Slaughter delete
127 9.
Julia Spencer-Fleming delete
142 10.
Craig Johnson delete
160 11.
Additional Readings delete
176 Bibliography delete
179 Index delete
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