The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham: See you in Court!
Author:   Lars Ole Sauerberg
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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9781137407290


Pages:   199
Publication Date:   20 December 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lars Ole Sauerberg
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   3.846kg
ISBN:  

9781137407290


ISBN 10:   1137407298
Pages:   199
Publication Date:   20 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Law and literature.- Chapter 2. The Beginnings of a Success Story.- Chapter 3. American Post-World-War-Two Thrill-and-Ethics Trials.- Chapter 4. Genteel Jurisprudence.- Chapter 5. See You In Court (1).-  Chapter 6. See You In Court (2).- See You In Court (3).- Conclusion.- Bibliography.

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Lars Ole Sauerberg's The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham: See You in Court! is a welcome volume for both fans of the legal thriller and scholars interested in crime-related popular culture. The author offers a spirited attempt to define printed legal thrillers as a genre and an insightful tour of what he characterizes as `a sufficiently representational overview' of individual legal thrillers ... . (David Ray Papke, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, clcjbooks.rutgers.edu, January, 2018)


Lars Ole Sauerberg's The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham: See You in Court! is a welcome volume for both fans of the legal thriller and scholars interested in crime-related popular culture. The author offers a spirited attempt to define printed legal thrillers as a genre and an insightful tour of what he characterizes as 'a sufficiently representational overview' of individual legal thrillers ... . (David Ray Papke, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, clcjbooks.rutgers.edu, January, 2018)


Author Information

Lars Ole Sauerberg is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Southern Denmark. He has written extensively on crime fiction, both academically and as the crime-fiction reviewer of Denmark’s leading quality newspaper over the last 30 years. He is a founding member of the Danish Crime Academy.

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