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E.X. Ferrars

A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

Gina Macdonald author Elizabeth Sanders author Elizabeth Foxwell editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:14th Sep '11

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E.X. Ferrars was one of the most popular and prolific British crime writers of the twentieth century. This literary companion is designed to introduce readers to the full range of possibilities inherent in E.X. Ferrars's canon, connecting novels and short stories that share themes and strategies, and providing biographical data that yield insights into Ferrars's interests and concerns. A brief biography is included, as well as explanations of relevant genre terminology. This work is a pathway to better understanding this popular writer, whose work spanned 63 years and who, when she died at age 88, was at work on another mystery for her broad readership.

Reviews of the Series: “The McFarland Companion series...has been consistently excellent, both in its choice of subjects and its quality of scholarship and writing”—Mystery Scene; “E.X. Ferrars: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction is a very full and fair, much needed survey of the more than one hundred fine pieces of crime fiction produced in a writing career that ran from 1932 to 1995. A well thought-out account of all you would want to know about this finely entertaining crime novelist.”—Diamond Dagger recipient H.R.F. Keating, creator of Inspector Ghote.

ISBN: 9780786444359

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm

Weight: 363g

206 pages