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'An exhilarating mixture of the violent and the profane, some of it obscure, a good deal of it surprising A collection full of such energy, humour and sheer brazen originality . . . Dibdin has rendered crime fiction an enormous service and, in the process, done a great deal to redefine the genre' Independent on Sunday
'This is a fascinating, eclectic collection An irresistible bran tub, it is also a heuristic primer, stimulating thought and provoking argument' Weekend Telegraph
'A revelation his research and breadth of spirit have discovered a satisfying trove of the unexpected' The Times
'Murder remains one of the fine arts, at least in f J print . . . Michael Dibdin makes the point in his
addicts' appetite-whetting anthology . . . His approach ^^ is thematic, his judgements acute and his list of ^ contributors - from Chekhov to Barbara Vine - is ^^ impressive . . . The central point, that at its best crime writing is a class act, is well made' Guardian
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'An exhilarating mixture of the violent and the profane, some of it obscure, a good deal of it surprising A collection full of such energy, humour and sheer brazen originality . . . Dibdin has rendered crime fiction an enormous service and, in the process, done a great deal to redefine the genre' Independent on Sunday
'This is a fascinating, eclectic collection An irresistible bran tub, it is also a heuristic primer, stimulating thought and provoking argument' Weekend Telegraph
'A revelation his research and breadth of spirit have discovered a satisfying trove of the unexpected' The Times
'Murder remains one of the fine arts, at least in f J print . . . Michael Dibdin makes the point in his
addicts' appetite-whetting anthology . . . His approach ^^ is thematic, his judgements acute and his list of ^ contributors - from Chekhov to Barbara Vine - is ^^ impressive . . . The central point, that at its best crime writing is a class act, is well made' Guardian
'Ample, eclectic anthology . . . imaginatively varied (Zola, Chandler, Hammett, Symons, Roy Fuller, Barbara Vine) . . . Dibdin demonstrates that there is a richness, diversity and risk taking in crime writing which gives it a vigour sadly lacking in much straight fiction'
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Cover illustration by Georgie Jameson
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