Masquerade, Crime and Fiction
Subtitle: Criminal Deceptions (Crime Files)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780230006584
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Mystery And Suspense Fiction; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; British Isles; American - General; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Mystery & Detective Fiction; Detective and mystery stories, American; Detective and mystery stories, English; English-speaking countries; History and criticism; Popular literature
Description: "Focusing upon the surprisingly neglected area of the criminal as a 'performer', Masquerade, Crime and Fiction offers a new framework within which to read literary and popular fiction about crime and criminality."--Jacket.