The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

Synopsis

In The best American Mystery Stories of the Century, best-selling author Tony Hillerman and mystery expert Otto Penzler present an unparalleled treasury of American suspense fiction that every fan will cherish. Offering the finest examples from all reaches of the genre, this collection charts the mystery's eminent history from the turn-of-the-century puzzles of Futrelle, to the seminal pulp fiction of Hammett and Chandler, to the mystery story's rise to legitimacy in the popular mind, a trend that has benefited masterly writers like Westlake, Hunter, and Grafton. Nowhere else can readers find a more thorough, more engaging, more essential distillation of American crime fiction. Penzler, Best American Mystery Stories series editor, and Hillerman, whose Leaphorn/Chee novels have won him multiple Edgar Awards and millions of devotees, winnowed this select group out of a thousand stories, drawing on sources as diverse as Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine and Esquire, Collier's and The New Yorker. Giants of the genre abound - Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Ellery Queen, Sara Paretsky, and others - but the editors also unearthed gems by luminaries rarely found in suspense anthologies: William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Damon Runyon, Harlan Ellison, James Thurber, and Joyce Carol Oates. Mystery buffs and newcomers alike will delight in the thrilling stories and top-notch writing of a hundred years' worth of the finest suspense, crime, and mystery writing.

Copyright:

2000

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

822 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780618012671

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

01/22/08

Copyrighted By:

Houghton Mifflin Company

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers

Submitted By:

Larry Lumpkin

Proofread By:

mary stephens

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.