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Sleep No More : Six Murderous Tales by P. D. James (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100525436650
ISBN-139780525436652
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038738125
Product Key Features
Book TitleSleep No more : Six Murderous Tales
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Cozy, Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year2018
GenreFiction
AuthorP.D. James
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
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ReviewsPraise for Sleep No More "A sophisticated collection of 'six murderous tales,' all stylishly told and worthy of being read aloud by the fire." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review " Sleep No More offers six previously uncollected, quite wonderful 'murderous tales' that will delight her longtime fans and can be a fine introduction to her work for others. . . . The stories collected here are variously surprising, sardonic and darkly humorous, and they are always intelligent and beautifully written. As much as any crime writer I know, James transcends genre and should be viewed simply as a writer of exceptional literary skill. . . . Most [short stories] are forgettable, but some become favorites to be returned to, such as J.D. Salinger's 'For Esmé--With Love and Squalor' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find.' One or two of the stories in Sleep No More are candidates for that list." --Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post "Delicious and smart . . . [a] fun collection." --Ginny Greene, The Star-Tribune (Minneapolis) " Sleep No More . . . is anything but a snooze. . . . The collection mostly turns the classic murder mystery on its ear by not being so much a 'whodunit' as a when, where and how'd they get away with it? . . . James's skill at complicating the genre are never more apparent than here, where every victim is not always worthy of our sympathy and not every murderer deserves our scorn. . . . An unexpected delight . . . this small collection is indeed a gift." --Mary Cadden, USA Today "Nothing quite matches the pleasure of the traditionally cozy English mystery on a winter evening." -- San Francisco Chronicle "[P.D. James's] nostalgic style harks back to the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s, of Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham; James called on similar motifs from that era, but developed them further with psychological insight and a gleeful darkness." --Fred Melnyczuk, Financial Times "These stories . . . are, at least on the surface, of the 'cosy' school of crime fiction, though as any seasoned James reader will anticipate, that cosines is something of an angora mitten on a clenched fist. . . . A worthy addition to their much-missed author's bodies of work. It is difficult to imagine a more pleasing afternoon than one beside a fire or radiator, with a pot of tea to hand and autumn rain against the window, while settling in for a series of delightful shocks." --Sarah Perry, The Guardian, "Surprising, sardonic and darkly humorous." -- The Washington Post "A sophisticated collection. . . . Stylishly told and worthy of being read aloud by the fire." -- The New York Times Book Review "An unexpected delight. . . . This small collection is indeed a gift. . . . James' skills at complicating the genre are never more apparent than here." -- USA Today "Masterful. . . . Richly nuanced. . . . Simply brilliant." -- The Seattle Times "Terrific. . . . It is difficult to imagine a more pleasing afternoon than one beside a fire or radiator, with a pot of tea to hand and autumn rain against the window, while settling in for a series of delightful shocks." -- The Guardian "Delicious and smart. . . . The newly collected short stories all have her familiar twists and turns, tales of English privilege and cunning attitude woven deftly into the human condition." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "[James's] nostalgic style harks back to the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s, of Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham; James called on similar motifs from that era, but developed them further with psychological insight and a gleeful darkness." -- Financial Times "When it comes to murder you can safely leave it to P.D. James, that expert in elegant homicide. . . . [A] delightfully macabre collection." -- The Washington Times "Appeals to the mind while chilling the heart. And the six stories in this collection achieve that double duty with style and smarts. . . . James' trademark prose combines elegance, precision and a bit of wry humor." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch "Sublime. . . . She never puts a word wrong. . . . She is the unrivalled portrayer of the sort of bad character who keeps up a convincing performance until the mask is torn off to reveal evil intent. With endings sometimes shocking and never less than surprising, she leaves her readers gasping." -- The Daily Mail "You're unlikely to find a book more ingeniously pleasing than the late, great P. D. James's Sleep No More , six flawless new stories in which period settings nod slyly to detective fiction's golden age. . . . Always a shrewd closing twist lies in wait." -- The Observer (London) "Deliciously wicked mysteries from the 'Queen of Crime.' . . . Cleverly crafted plots with pitch perfect execution and great psychological insight. . . . Fiendishly cunning and compulsively readable." -- Bookriot "Wondrous. . . . Ceremonious, nasty, and very welcome indeed." -- Kirkus Reviews "Here's a treat for fans of the late P.D. James's crime fiction: a collection of six stories, polished gems that spotlight her skills at plotting, building realistic characters, and conveying the subtlest hints of subtext through dialogue. . . . A must-read for fans of one of the most influential crime-fiction authors of the twentieth century." -- Booklist
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisA WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK * Six stories from the beloved "Queen of Crime"--swift, cunning murder mysteries from throughout her extraordinary career. "A sophisticated collection. . . . Stylishly told and worthy of being read aloud by the fire." -- The New York Times Book Review "An unexpected delight. . . . This small collection is indeed a gift. . . . James' skills at complicating the genre are never more apparent than here." -- USA Today When it comes to crime, it's not always a question of "who dunnit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or the how . And what about the clever few who carry out what appears to be the perfect crime? Or whose most essential selves are changed by the crimes they commit? And what about those who know the identity of the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the questions that these six stories begin to unlock as they draw us into the inner workings--the thoughts and emotional machinations, the recollections and rationalizations, the dreams and desires--behind both murderous cause and effect. And no one gets inside the head of a perpetrator--or makes it a peerlessly thrilling and entertaining read--like the incomparable P. D. James., A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK - Six stories from the beloved "Queen of Crime"--swift, cunning murder mysteries from throughout her extraordinary career. "A sophisticated collection. . . . Stylishly told and worthy of being read aloud by the fire." -- The New York Times Book Review "An unexpected delight. . . . This small collection is indeed a gift. . . . James' skills at complicating the genre are never more apparent than here." -- USA Today When it comes to crime, it's not always a question of "who dunnit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or the how . And what about the clever few who carry out what appears to be the perfect crime? Or whose most essential selves are changed by the crimes they commit? And what about those who know the identity of the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the questions that these six stories begin to unlock as they draw us into the inner workings--the thoughts and emotional machinations, the recollections and rationalizations, the dreams and desires--behind both murderous cause and effect. And no one gets inside the head of a perpetrator--or makes it a peerlessly thrilling and entertaining read--like the incomparable P. D. James., A Washington Post Notable Book When it comes to crime, it's not always a question of "who dunnit?" Sometimes there's more mystery in the why or the how . And what about the clever few who carry out what appears to be the perfect crime? Or whose most essential selves are changed by the crimes they commit? And what about those who know the identity of the murderer but keep the information to themselves? These are some of the questions that these six stories begin to unlock as they draw us into the inner workings--the thoughts and emotional machinations, the recollections and rationalizations, the dreams and desires--behind both murderous cause and effect. And no one gets inside the head of a perpetrator--or makes it a peerlessly thrilling and entertaining read--like the incomparable P. D. James.
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