The Fatal Art Of Entertainment. Interviews With Mystery Writers.

HERBERT ROSEMARY

Publication: G K Hall & Co, 1994, New York

[First edition. 8vo. Two-tone quarter cloth and boards, titles printed in purple on the spine, xviii [2], 351 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, portraits, Foreword by Antonia Fraser. The author provides three types of portraits of each of the thirteen authors : a photographic likeness; an essay describing each author's personality, place in the crime writing genre, and the environment of the interview; and a conversational visit that enables the reader to feel personally acquainted with each author. Mystery writers interviewed are Julian Symons, Sue Grafton, P. D. James, Tony Hillerman, John Mortimer, Patricia D. Cornwell, Jonathan Gash, Reginald Hill, Jane Langton, Robert Barnard, Jeremiah Healy, Catherine Aird, and Barbara Neely. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.