Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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Page 466
... humor of the sort one might associate with novelists such as Peter De Vries . Violence is almost always treated humor- ously , often approaching the bizarre . DeAndrea's work is also vaguely reminiscent of that of John Irving , Kurt ...
... humor of the sort one might associate with novelists such as Peter De Vries . Violence is almost always treated humor- ously , often approaching the bizarre . DeAndrea's work is also vaguely reminiscent of that of John Irving , Kurt ...
Page 608
... Humor is not abandoned in the police procedural works . Da Silva is paired with a somewhat mysterious figure , Wilson , an American agent of considerable ability . His intelligence sources are never revealed , but he is always well ...
... Humor is not abandoned in the police procedural works . Da Silva is paired with a somewhat mysterious figure , Wilson , an American agent of considerable ability . His intelligence sources are never revealed , but he is always well ...
Page 747
... humor in having two nuns leave a cloister after twenty years to enter a world they never knew , coping with experiences and language entirely alien to them , is limitless . Gilman's sense of humor is obvious in her writing , and it is a ...
... humor in having two nuns leave a cloister after twenty years to enter a world they never knew , coping with experiences and language entirely alien to them , is limitless . Gilman's sense of humor is obvious in her writing , and it is a ...
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