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The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell The Inside Story Of Their Greatest Detectives (2009)

by Otto Penzler(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0316031933 (ISBN13: 9780316031936)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: I enjoy reading about my favorite leading characters from the mystery series that I read. I read the chapters first for the series I read and later went back to read about other characters I am not familiar with. I now have a list of new authors to try. There were a couple of chapters that I didn't finish because I didn't like the writer's style and now I know I wouldn't want to read one of their books. Very interesting because each author wrote their chapter however they wanted. Some were stories, others were like interviews with the character, and some were straight from the author about what inspired the series and their writing career.
review 2: What an absolute delight! Twenty-two of our best English speaking mystery writers accepted Penzler's invitat... moreion to pen a short piece on his/her most celebrated detective. Do read Penzler's intro to find out why. Some of my favorites made the list but there are others I haven't read. Some of the latter made the cut with me based on their submissions, others didn't. The only entry I thought about skipping entirely turned out to be one of the most interesting--Rambo, no less. The joy of this collection is that each author chose his or her unique approach to the subject. Some told us exactly how they came up with their detective; others carefully obscured it in a flurry of words. Most entries were interesting; some induced sleep. The way that they told their tales was every bit as revealing as the tales themselves. At the risk of being a spoiler, I was astounded at how many of these fictional detectives write their own stories and direct the authors to set them down exactly as revealed. Clearly, there needs to be a Volume 2. I'll send my recommendations to Penzler ASAP. less

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