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Places for Dead Bodies

Author: Gary J. Hausladen  

Investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place

How "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place.

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Investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place

How "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place.

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This title investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place. Hausladen devles into the work of more than thrity authors including P.D.James and David Lindsey. Arranging authors by their region of choice, he discusses police procedurals set in America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Russia, Asia and selected locales in other parts of the world as well as historical places ranging from the Roman Empire to turn-of-the-century Cairo.

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Critic Reviews

“"I have never read such a comprehensive, well-documented, focused look at the geography of a genre of literature. It is absolutely arresting (no pun really intended) to see what Hausladen has done in his search for place, for ethnic identity, for locale, for regional characteristics. You stop again and again in the flow of the text, captured by the detail of his analysis." Christopher L. Salter, Chair, Department of Geography, University of Missouri, Columbia”

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About the Author

Gary J. Hausladen is Associate Professor and Chair of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, and an avid reader of murder mysteries.

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From Tony Hillerman's Navajo Southwest to Martin Cruz Smith's Moscow, an exotic, vividly described locale is one of the great pleasures of many murder mysteries. In fact, the sense of place, no less than the compelling character of the detective, is often what keeps authors writing and readers reading a particular series of mystery novels. This book investigates how "police procedural" murder mysteries have been used to convey a sense of place. Gary Hausladen delves into the work of more than thirty authors, including Tony Hillerman, Martin Cruz Smith, James Lee Burke, David Lindsey, P. D. James, and many others. Arranging the authors by their region of choice, he discusses police procedurals set in America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Russia, Asia, and selected locales in other parts of the world, as well as in historical places ranging from the Roman Empire to turn-of-the-century Cairo.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Texas Press
Published
31st January 2000
Pages
224
ISBN
9780292731301

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