Watson, Colin         frey50        <br/><br/>
Snobbery with violence  crime stories and their audience  
by Colin Watson 
 - London  Eyre & Spottiswoode  1971 
 - 256 p. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgements  Introduction  'So many yards of stuff, sensation pattern'  Mr. Smith, Mr Boot and others  A very decent sort of burglar  De rigueur at Monte  Teh bulldog breed  King Edgar, and how he got his crown  Excitable Sydney Horler  The golden age of detective fiction  The orientation of villainy  Amid the alien corn  Below stairs  Girls who kept cool   The little world of Mayhem Parva  Gifted amateurs  Smart but not arty  Driving like hell  'With thy quire of Saints for evermore...'  Licence to kill  Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>413284204 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, English --History and criticism<br/>Authors and readers  Great Britain -- History<br/>Books and reading  Great Britain  --History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.92 Wat   14