The Man Who Was Not Afraid
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The Man Who Was Not Afraid
19.99 €
The Golden Age of Detective Fiction gave us many stellar names. The works of writers such as Agatha Christie, Gilbert Chesterton, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Rex Stout developed and refined the detective genre. Their novels, unconditionally recognized as classics, are still beloved by readers and serve as a benchmark for subsequent generations of detective writers. A place of honor in this constellation rightfully belongs to John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), a virtuoso master of perfectly constructed "impossible locked-room crimes."
In 1933, John Dickson Carr first introduced the amateur detective Dr. Gideon Fell to the public. The character's appearance was presumably based on another master of the detective genre, Gilbert Chesterton, and his contributions to the history of detective fiction, according to most admirers of Carr's work, are truly worthy of respect. Thus, in his essay "My Favorite Detectives," writer Kingsley Amis called Dr. Fell "one of the three great successors of Sherlock Holmes."
This collection includes the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth novels in the series, which tell of three new puzzling mysteries that Dr. Fell must solve: "The Dark Spectacles" (1939), "The Innocent's Cage" (1939), and, for the first time in a new translation, "The Man Who Was Not Afraid" (1940).
In 1933, John Dickson Carr first introduced the amateur detective Dr. Gideon Fell to the public. The character's appearance was presumably based on another master of the detective genre, Gilbert Chesterton, and his contributions to the history of detective fiction, according to most admirers of Carr's work, are truly worthy of respect. Thus, in his essay "My Favorite Detectives," writer Kingsley Amis called Dr. Fell "one of the three great successors of Sherlock Holmes."
This collection includes the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth novels in the series, which tell of three new puzzling mysteries that Dr. Fell must solve: "The Dark Spectacles" (1939), "The Innocent's Cage" (1939), and, for the first time in a new translation, "The Man Who Was Not Afraid" (1940).
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Classic Detective Fiction. Big Books