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020    9780008105969|q(hardcover) 
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041    eng 
082 04 823.087209|223 
084    Ge.5|2kssb/8 
092 0  820|bengelska 
100 1  Edwards, Martin,|d1955- 
245 14 The golden age of murder :|bthe mystery of the writers who
       invented the modern detective story /|cMartin Edwards 
246 3  Mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective 
       story 
264  4 |c©2015 
300    xxiv, 481 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes facsimile reproductions of the 1932 Constitution 
       and Rules of the Detection Club (pages 441-447) 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-457) and 
       indexes 
505 8  Part one: the unusual suspects. The ritual in the dark ; A
       bitter sin ; Conversations about a hanged woman ; A 
       Bolshevik soul in a Fabian muzzle ; Wearing their 
       criminological spurs ; The art of self-tormenting -- Part 
       two: the rules of the game. Setting a good example to the 
       Mafia ; The Fungus-story and the meaning of life ; Wistful
       plans for killing off wives ; The least likely person ; 
       The best advertisement in the world -- Part three: looking
       to escape. "Human life's the cheapest thing there is" ; 
       Echoes of war ; Murder, transvestism and suicide during a 
       trapeze act ; A severed head in a fish-bag ; "Have you 
       hear of sexual perversions?" ; Clearing up the mess ; What
       it means to be stuck for money ; Neglecting Demosthenes in
       favour of Freud -- Part four: taking on the police. 
       Playing games with Scotland Yard ; Why was the shift put 
       in the boiler-hole? ; Trent's very last case ; A coffin 
       entombed in a crypt of granite -- Part five: justifying 
       murder. Knives engraved with "Blood and honour" ; Touching
       with a fingertip the fringe of great events ; Collecting 
       murderers ; No judge or jury but my own conscience -- Part
       six: the end game. Playing the grandest game in the world 
       ; The work of a pestilential creature ; Frank to the point
       of indecency ; Shocked by the brethren -- Part seven: 
       unravelling the mysteries. Murder goes on forever 
520    "A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha 
       Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club 
       transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light
       on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' 
       darkest secrets."--Publisher's description 
610 20 Detection Club 
650  0 Detective and mystery stories, English|xHistory and 
       criticism 
650  0 Detective and mystery stories, English|vBio-bibliography 
650  0 English fiction|y20th century|vBio-bibliography 
650  0 Novelists, English|vBiography 
650  0 Murder in literature 
650  0 Literature|xHistory and criticism 
650  7 Mord i litteraturen|2sao 
650  7 Litteraturvetenskap|2sao 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast 
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