Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History by Knight, Stephen - 2018-06-14

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2018. AU3 - A paperback book in very good condition that is some bumped corners, lightly curled, some light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.75"x6", 299 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Australian crime fiction grew from the country's origins as an 18th-century English prison colony. Early stories focused on escaped convicts becoming heroic bush rangers, or how the system mistreated the wrongfully convicted. Later came thrillers about wealthy free settlers and lawless gold-seekers, and urban crime fiction, including Fergus Hume's 1887 international best-seller The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, set in Melbourne. The 1980s saw a surge of private-eye thrillers, popular in a society skeptical of police. Twenty-first century authors have focused on policemen - and increasingly on policewomen - and finally indigenous crime narratives. The author explores in detail this rich but little known national subgenre.. Paperback. Very Good/No… Read More

McFarland, 2018-06-14. Paperback. Very Good. 0.9055 8.8189 5.8661.

Paperback / softback. New. In this book Stephen Knight, long-established as an authority on the genre and now back in Melbourne, tells in detail and with analytic coherence the story of a rich but previously little-known national crime fiction.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

McFarland Publishing, 2018. Paperback. New. 269 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.54 inches.

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