Murder and Other Acts of Literature

By Michele Slung

Book Overview

A collection of mysteries that go beyond the usual whodunit formula includes writings by Louisa May Alcott, T.H. White, John Cheever, Isabel Allende, and Edith Wharton. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760712468
• ISBN13: 9780760712467
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Barnes Noble Books
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Classic Among Classics

I picked up this little gem at a used bookstore--and what a pleasure! Editor Slung has taken a slew of great, classic authors (Cheever, Welty, Milne, Thurber, Walker, Faulkner, Woolf, just to name a few) and found within each one's portfolio of works a short tale exemplifying some type of crime (mostly murder). These clever, thought-provoking--usually deceptive-- tales prove that great authors are great for a reason--and that one does not have to be known for (or locked into) a specific genre; the truly greats can (and often do) "switch-hit" so to speak. All stories within this tome are remarkable--but those of Allende ("An Act of Vengeance"), Waugh ("Mr. Loveday's Little Outing"), Dinesen ("The Fat Man") and Marquez ("Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness") particularly stand out. So...fetch a drink, draw the drapes, sit back and relax (if you can!)--you are about to embark on a journey of mystery and suspense comparable to anything offered by Poe or Lovecraft...