The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind

By Ruth Rendell

Book Overview

One of the world's most acclaimed mystery writers presents an anthology of literary depictions of murder that delves into the human passions, terrors, and foibles that incite the act and linger in its wake. Includes such writers as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Poe, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Albert Camus, Graham Greene, P.D. James, Truman Capote, and Norman Mailer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517703475
• ISBN13: 9780517703472
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Crown
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"