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Funny Thing about Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781476669113)
Author:
David Geherin
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xFocusing on crime fiction and films that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this book explores the reasons writers and filmmakers inject humor into their work and identifies the various comic techniques they use. The author covers both American and European books from the 1930s to the present, by such authors as Rex Stout, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard, Donald E. Westlake, Sue Grafton, Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich, along with films from The Thin Man to the BBC's Sherlock series.
Author: David Geherin
ISBN-10: 1476669112
ISBN-13: 9781476669113
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2017
Pages: 217
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
By David Geherin
xDavid Geherin, a professor emeritus of English at Eastern Michigan University, is the author of ten books on crime fiction, two of which were finalists for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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