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Name: Mystery and its fictions
Author: David I. Grossvogel

📘 Mystery and its fictions by David I. Grossvogel

Overview: Dedicated mystery fans, as well as those interested in literary theory or in the individual writers discussed, will find in Grossvogel's book an eloquent discourse on the relation of detective fiction to literary tradition.

First publish date: 1979

Authors: David I. Grossvogel

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