The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
$62.52
- Paperback
928 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2018
Summary
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler’s new anthology brings together the most cunning, ruthless, and brilliant criminals in mystery fiction, for the biggest compendium of bad guys (and girls) ever assembled.
The best mysteries–whether detective, historical, police procedural, cozy, or comedy–have one thing in common: a memorable perpetrator. For every Sherlock Holmes or Sam Spade in noble pursuit, there’s a Count Dracula, a Lester Leith, or a Jimmy Valentine. These are the rogues a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780525432487 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0525432485 |
| Author: | Otto Penzler |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 928 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 975g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 178mm x 41mm |
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Critics Review
“Penzler takes what is arguably the best part of crime and mystery novels–the villains–and packs them into an encyclopedic anthology that manages to cover both Dracula and Dr. Fu Manchu. To be read through a monocle and with a sinister sneer.” –The New York Times Book Review“Rogues and Villains is a treasure chest of delightful discoveries.” –The Seattle Times “The Big Book of Rogues and Villains is stalked by a cast of the deviant crooks, creeps, criminals and con men.” –Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Otto Penzler
OTTO PENZLER is the editor of fifteen Vintage Crime/Black Lizard anthologies, including The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries, The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories, and, most recently, The Big Book of Jack the Ripper. He lives in New York City, where he is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop.
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