Latin American Mystery Writers: An A-to-Z Guide by Darrell B. Lockhart
By Darrell B. Lockhart
Latin the United States has a wealthy literary culture that's receiving turning out to be quantities of consciousness. The physique of Latin American secret writing is principally monstrous and various. since it is a part of Latin American pop culture, it additionally displays a number of the social and cultural issues of that zone. This reference offers an summary of puzzle fiction of Latin the USA. whereas a few of the authors profiled have obtained severe recognition, others were quite neglected.
Included are alphabetically prepared entries on fifty four writers, so much of whom are from Argentina, Mexico, and Cuba. each attempt has been made to incorporate balanced assurance of the few girl secret writers. every one access is written via knowledgeable contributor and encompasses a short biography, a serious dialogue of the writer's works, and first and secondary bibliographies. the quantity closes with a normal bibliography of anthologies and criticism.
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