Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Watson, Colin frey50

Snobbery with violence crime stories and their audience by Colin Watson - London Eyre & Spottiswoode 1971 - 256 p.

Includes index

Acknowledgements Introduction 'So many yards of stuff, sensation pattern' Mr. Smith, Mr Boot and others A very decent sort of burglar De rigueur at Monte Teh bulldog breed King Edgar, and how he got his crown Excitable Sydney Horler The golden age of detective fiction The orientation of villainy Amid the alien corn Below stairs Girls who kept cool The little world of Mayhem Parva Gifted amateurs Smart but not arty Driving like hell 'With thy quire of Saints for evermore...' Licence to kill Index

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Detective and mystery stories, English --History and criticism
Authors and readers Great Britain -- History
Books and reading Great Britain --History

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