Golden Age Whodunits
$41.93
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2024
Summary
Depending on who you ask, the term “whodunit” was first coined sometime around 1930, but the literary form predates that name by several decades. Still, it was in the years between the two World Wars-the so-called “Golden Age” of mystery fiction-that the style flourished. Short mysteries were published far and wide by a variety of authors, not just those primarily associated with the genre. They appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, and other high-end periodical…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781613165423 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1613165420 |
| Author: | Otto Penzler |
| Publisher: | Penzler Publishers |
| Imprint: | American Mystery Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 443g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 135mm x 28mm |
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“Guaranteed to make Americans prouder of their country than any episode in its recent political history.”– “Kirkus”“Penzler’s depth of knowledge of the genre is in full evidence in this volume … This anthology is sure to contain something to surprise even the most diehard mystery fan.”– “Toronto Star”“Stellar … there’s not a weak link in the bunch. For classic mystery fans, this is a must.”– “Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW”“You simply can’t go wrong with any anthology that has [Otto Penzler’s] name on it.”– “Parade Magazine”
About The Author
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on crime, mystery and suspense fiction. He founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, which he later sold to Warner Books (1989). He reacquired the imprint in 2010 and it now publishes original books as an imprint at Grove/Atlantic, and both original works and classic crime fiction.
Penzler is a prolific editor, and has won two Edgar Awards, for Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection in 1977 and The Lineup in 2010. The Mystery Writers of America awarded him the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in 1994 and the Raven–the group’s highest non-writing award–in 2003.
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