Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest

Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 0879728469
ISBN-13 : 9780879728465
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest by : Steve Glassman

Download or read book Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest written by Steve Glassman and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart's tough hood in The Petrified Forest to Russell Crowe's hard-nosed cop in L.A. Confidential.


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