New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Rough Guides
07 April-June
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Rough Guides
APRIL-JUNE 07
Ballinger A & Graydon D
The Rough Guide to Film Noir
Pbk published June 2007 by Rough Guides at £9.99
ISBN: 1843534746
From dimly lit streets and glamorous apartments to world-weary detectives and irresistible femmes fatales, "The Rough Guide to Film Noir" illuminates every corner of cinema's darkest and most compelling genre. From early masterpieces like "Double Indemnity" and "Kiss Me Deadly" through to neo-noir classics such as Chinatown and LA Confidential, this book highlights all the groundbreaking noir movies. There are profiles of legendary performers such as Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck, great directors like Fritz Lang plus key cinematographers, composers and designers. Complete with website listings and books for further reading, this "Rough Guide" takes a fascinating look at the noir movies made in the Classical Hollywood era and beyond.
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Barry Forshaw
The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Pbk published June 2007 by Rough Guides at £7.99
ISBN: 1843536544
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Bob Cornwell
The "Rough Guide to Crime Fiction" takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world's most popular literary genre. The insider's book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You'll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. It is complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams...all the evidence that counts.
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Barry Forshaw
The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Pbk published June 2007 by Rough Guides at £7.99
ISBN: 1843536544
The "Rough Guide to Crime Fiction" takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world's most popular literary genre. The insider's book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You'll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. It is complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams...all the evidence that counts.
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