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Funny Thing About Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films

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By (author): David Geherin

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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Product Details
  • Weight: 290g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Nov 2017
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781476669113

About David Geherin

David Geherin a professor emeritus of English at Eastern Michigan University is the author of ten books on crime fiction two of which were finalists for the Mystery Writers of Americas Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives in Ypsilanti Michigan.

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