Author

Publication

2014 - Wiley-Interscience, England

Language

English

Word Count

85,000 words, Guess

Page Count

340 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100745664040
  • ISBN-100745664059
  • ISBN-139780745664040
  • ISBN-139780745664057
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014495265
and 6 more
  • OCLC Control Number891650108
  • OCLC Control Number890115272
  • Better World Books9780745664040
  • Better World Books9780745664057
  • Better World BooksKS-398-224
  • Open LibraryOL27993972M

Classifications

  • LCCPN3448.D4 B6213 2014
  • LCCPN3448.D4B6213 2014
  • LCCPN3448.D4

Description

Through an exploration of the work of the great masters of detective stories and spy novels - G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Le Carré and Graham Greene among others - Boltanski shows that these works of fiction and imagination tell us something fundamental about the nature of modern societies and the modern state.--Provided by publisher

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Mysteries and conspiracies: detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societiesWiley-Interscience2014-01-01

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