Funny Thing About Murder

Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films

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by David Geherin

Type

Studies

Subject

Technique > Scriptwriting

Keywords

murder, crime films, humor, scriptwriting

Publishing date

2017

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 217 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-6911-3

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Book Presentation:
Focusing on crime fiction and films that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this book explores the reasons writers and filmmakers inject humor into their work and identifies the various comic techniques they use. The author covers both American and European books from the 1930s to the present, by such authors as Rex Stout, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard, Donald E. Westlake, Sue Grafton, Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich, along with films from The Thin Man to the BBC’s Sherlock series.

About the Author:
David Geherin, a professor emeritus of English at Eastern Michigan University, is the author of ten books on crime fiction, three of which were finalists for the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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