In May we will be reading a detective novel.
Please post your nominations in this thread by March 31st.
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In May we will be reading a detective novel.
Please post your nominations in this thread by March 31st.
At first i thought on Edgar Alan Poe who is considered the inventor of detective- fiction genre.His short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" has been recognized to be the first detective story.
I liked ""The Black Cat" ;there are other stories by Edgar Alan Poe you can take in consideration.
Thank you
Have we read Umberto Ecos' "The Name of the Rose" here?
I am sorry, because I haven't paid a lot of attention and I am not sure whether we have read it or not, but if not but I think that it qualifies. So I'll nominate it.
If we have then I'll defend myself that my brain is not working properly at the moment.
Ficciones by Borges. Well, some of the stories in the collection are detective stories. What are the rules about that?
It was read last year. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
No.1 Ladies Detective agency! :D hehehe!
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett. Hammett probably started the tough guy detective type.
Storm Front-- Jim Butcher.
Nice! I've been trying to read this one for quit some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I have to go with
The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe
I have not red that one yet. I always put it off becaue it is one of his longer stories.
Would you like to nominate one?Quote:
Originally Posted by rima
Nominations so far:
1. Ficciones by Borges
2. No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
3. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
4. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5. The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe
Agatha Christie, so many to choose from but....
And then there were none (1939)- Agatha Christie
I nominate Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco.
Though, it would be interesting if someone nominated The Crying of Lot 49.
Ooh Foucault's Pendulum when be good. I am currently in the process of reading that one
Nominations so far:
1. Ficciones by Borges
2. No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
3. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
4. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5. The Mystery of Marie Roget by Poe[/QUOTE]
6. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie[/QUOTE]
7. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
I would like to remind that this is not a crime genre reading but specifically detectives; so, if there are any books that would not fit into this category, please let us know.
Please may I nominate an Inspector Wallander book by Henning Mankell, The White Lioness? I do not read Swedish so I don't know how accurate the translation by Laurie Thompson is, but it reads smoothly in English.