Delightful murder: a social history of the crime story.

Mandel, Ernest, 1923-1995

Published by Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986

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PAPERBACK, very good. previous owner's name. MANDEL, ERNEST. Delightful murder: a social history of the crime story. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986, viii, 152pp., . The fortunes of the detective novel: who better to hunt the trail than Ernest Mandel, the eminent Marxist and crime story buff? Mandel haunts his quarry from street to stately home to transnational boardroom. Delightful Murder leaves no clue unturned in its search for the links between crime fiction and the wider social reality. Its villains and heroes are shown to reflect changes in the organization of society. With the arrival of corporate crime and mass consumption, the essence of the genre is exposed: its relationship to the crisis of society is dialectical. 9780816614639 ISBN 0816614644. Seller Inventory # 95417

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Title: Delightful murder: a social history of the ...

Publisher: Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986

Binding: Soft cover