James, P. D. — Talking About Detective Fiction

Book Fine Fine First Edition/First Printing Alfred a Knopf New York A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. The human race has had an appetite for mysteries from the earliest writings and no doubt tales of mystery and murder were recounted by our remote ancestors round the camp fires by the tribal storyteller. We are particularly intrigued by the motives which cause a man or woman to step across the invisible line which separates a murderer from the rest of humanity. Human beings also love a puzzle and a strong story, and mysteries have both. There is perhaps no one who could write about this enduring genre of storytelling with equal authority and flair that P.D. James. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY