TY - CHAP
T1 - Emma Graham, Detective Quest Hero
AU - Fogle, Sarah D.
N1 - Essays on a Writer with a Load of Mischief $29.95 Only 2 left in stock (can be backordered) Since the 1979 discovery of her work in a slush pile at Little, Brown, Martha Grimes has gone on to publish more than 30 books, win international acclaim (and a Nero Wolfe Award) for her detective series, and develop a following of readers whose loyalty translates to repeated stays on the best-sellers lists.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This essay is one of a collection of ten critical essays which provide in-depth analyses of Grimes' oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes' themes of parental abandonment, loneliness, obsession, greed, mistaken and dual identity, the resilience of children, stunted romantic relationships and animal cruelty. Particular attention is paid to her engaging characters, strong sense of place and the comedy, which feature so strongly in her novels.
AB - This essay is one of a collection of ten critical essays which provide in-depth analyses of Grimes' oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes' themes of parental abandonment, loneliness, obsession, greed, mistaken and dual identity, the resilience of children, stunted romantic relationships and animal cruelty. Particular attention is paid to her engaging characters, strong sense of place and the comedy, which feature so strongly in her novels.
KW - crime fiction characters
KW - detective fiction
KW - Martha Grimes
UR - https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/martha-grimes-walks-into-a-pub/
M3 - Chapter
BT - Martha Grimes Walks Into a Pub: Essays on a Writer With a Load of Mischief
ER -