Funny Thing About Murder

Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Focusing 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-11-02
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt290 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor217
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476669113

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Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Crime Fiction delete21Rex Stout (1886–1975)Jonathan Latimer (1906–1983)Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)Craig Rice (1908–1957)Norbert Davis (1909–1949)Edmund Crispin (1921–1978)Ed McBain (1926–2005)Donald E. Westlake (1933–2008)Joseph Wambaugh (1937–)Robert B. Parker (1932–2010)Elmore Leonard (1925–2013)William Marshall (1944–)Simon Brett (1945–)Lawrence Block (1938–)Martha Grimes (1931–)Sue Grafton (1940–)Kinky Friedman (1944–)Carl Hiaasen (1953–)Joan Hess (1949–)Janet Evanovich (1943–)Andrea Camilleri (1925–)Colin Bateman (1962–)Fred Vargas (1957–)Ken Bruen (1951–)Alexander McCall Smith (1948–)Ben Rehder (1965–)Christopher Fowler (1953–)Craig Johnson (1961–)Lisa Lutz (1970–)Timothy Hallinan (1949–)Part II: Crime FilmsKillers, Crooks, KidnappersArsenic and Old Lace (1944)Too Many Crooks (1959)Take the Money and Run (1969)Raising Arizona (1987)A Fish Called Wanda (1988)Miami Blues (1990)Pulp Fiction (1994)Get Shorty (1995)Jackie Brown (1997)Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000)Bandits (2001)In Bruges (2008)Heist/Caper FilmsThe Lavender Hill Mob (1951)The Ladykillers (1956)Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)Topkapi (1964)How to Steal a Million (1966)The Italian Job (1969 and 2003)The Sting (1973)Bottle Rocket (1996)Fargo (1996)Ocean’s Eleven (2001)CopsA Shot in the Dark (1964)Beverly Hills Cop (1984)The Guard (2011)Detectives, Amateur and PrivateThe Thin Man (1934)Murder by Death (1976) and The Cheap Detective (1978)Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)Sherlock (BBC, 2010–)184BibliographyIndex