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Preface To The Revised Edition -- Prologue: The Guilty Party -- Ch. 1. What They Are And Why We Read Them -- Ch. 2. The Two Strands: Godwin, Vidocq, Poe -- Ch. 3. Dickens, Collins, Gaboriau: The Pattern Forms -- Ch. 4. Interregnum -- Ch. 5. The Case Of Sherlock Holmes -- Ch. 6. The Short Story: The First Golden Age -- Ch. 7. The Rise Of The Novel -- Ch. 8. The Golden Age: The Twenties -- Ch. 9. The Golden Age: The Thirties -- Ch. 10. The American Revolution -- Ch. 11. Simenon And Maigret -- Ch. 12. 'mr Queen, Will You Be Good Enough To Explain Your Famous Character's Sex Life, If Any?' -- Ch. 13. The Short Story's Mutations -- Ch. 14. Crime Novel And Police Novel -- Ch. 15. Big Producers And Big Sellers, Curiosities And Singletons -- Ch. 16. A Short History Of The Spy Story -- Ch. 17. The Crystal Ball Revisited. Julian Symons. First U.s. Ed. Published Under Title: Mortal Consequences. Revised And Updated Edition ...--t.p. Verso. Includes Index.

Author

Symons, Julian, 1912-; Symons, Julian, 1912- Mortal consequences

Publisher

New York : Viking

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780670800964

Subjects

Literary Fiction, True Crime, Mystery