Author : Sarah D. Fogle
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
ISBN 10 : 9780786485062
Pages : 206 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (85 downloads)
Download Martha Grimes Walks Into a Pub PDF Full Free by Sarah D. Fogle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This collection of 10 critical essays provides an in-depth analysis 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.