Whodunit? A Guide to Crime, Suspense & Spy Fiction.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. [Crime Fiction / Espionage] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.320. Publisher's white paper over boards, red titles to spine. In pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $18.95. Many in-text illustrations throughout. Some dustiness. Near fine in like wrapper, sunned to the spine. An informative history of crime and spy literature compiled by the detective writer H.R.F. Keating. Includes a lengthy essay on Ian Fleming and spy novels by John Gardner, together with insightful essays on the craft of writing by Len Deighton, Patricia Highsmith and Eric Ambler. This copy is from the library of Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #67985
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