Talking About Detective Fiction

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| name = Talking About Detective Fiction

| image = Talking About Detective Fiction.jpg

| caption = First UK edition

| author = P. D. James

| published = 2009

| publisher = Bodleian Library (UK)
Knopf Doubleday (US)

| isbn = 978-0-307-59282-8

| alt = Talking About Detective Fiction

| media_type = Print

| pages = 198

| awards = Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-Fiction (2010)

}}

Talking About Detective Fiction is a book written by P. D. James{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLTU-IzWQaUC|title=Talking About Detective Fiction|last=James|first=P. D.|date=2017-03-26|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=9780307743138|language=en}} and published by Knopf Doubleday{{Cite web|url=http://knopfdoubleday.com/2009/12/01/talking-about-detective-fiction-by-p-d-james/|title=Talking About Detective Fiction by P. D. James|website=Knopf Doubleday|access-date=2017-03-26}} (owned by Penguin Random House{{Cite book|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/200851/talking-about-detective-fiction-by-p-d-james/9780307743138/|title=Talking About Detective Fiction by P. D. James {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com|language=en-US}}) on 1 December 2009. It won the Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-Fiction in 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bouchercon.com/anthony-awards/winners-and-nominees/|title=Winners and Nominees|date=2015-08-10|work=Bouchercon|access-date=2017-03-26|language=en}}

Reception

The book received an 80% from The Lit Review based on 17 critic reviews and the consensus of the reviews being, "A short but informative class on British Mysteries, heavy emphasis on the British. James writes this examination of the genre the way she writes her novels, clean and thoughtful. The best part for some readers may be the shopping list of great books you now need to go out and get. One of Oprah’s Books to Watch".{{Cite web |title=“Talking About Detective Fiction” by P.D. James|url=http://www.thelitreview.com/talking-about-detective-fiction-by-p-d-james.html|access-date=12 July 2024|website=The Lit Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129141524/http://www.thelitreview.com/talking-about-detective-fiction-by-p-d-james.html|archive-date=29 Jan 2012}} In Bookmarks Mar/Apr 2010 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a {{rating|3.5|5}} (3.5 out of 5) with the summary stating, "In Talking About Detective Fiction, P. D. James writes with good-natured authority (and a large dose of humility, given her status in those circles) about the writers who have shaped the detective novel in all its variations. Informative, readable, and a suitable paean to the genre, the book is a good starting point for any detective reader’s wish list".{{Cite web |title=Talking About Detective Fiction By P.D. James|url=http://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/book-review/talking-about-detective-fiction/pd-james|access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Bookmarks Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905181853/http://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/book-review/talking-about-detective-fiction/pd-james|archive-date=5 Sep 2015}}

External links

[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/books/07book.html Mysteries of Crime Fiction? P. D. James Is on the Case]
[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/10/pd-james-detective-fiction-review Talking About Detective Fiction by PD James – review]
[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703558004574582022950883110 A Few Clues From a Master: Notes on Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie—and Jane Austen]
[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/talking-about-detective-fiction-by-pd-james-5505422.html Talking about Detective Fiction, By PD James]
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/6227400/PD-James-Queen-of-Detective-Fiction-Interview.html PD James, Queen of Detective Fiction: Interview]

References

Category:Anthony Award–winning works

Category:2009 non-fiction books