Forbidden Fruits: Taboos and Tabooism in Culture

By Ray B. Browne

Book Overview

Anatomy of Murder identifies and explores three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection mystery, detective, and crime fiction. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation. Covering the forms of murder fiction, the book examines texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087972255X
• ISBN13: 9780879722555
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"