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Title: A Catalogue of Crime/Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres by Jacques Barzun, Wendell H. Taylor ISBN: 0-06-010263-2 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: November, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: A Crime of a Catalogue
Comment: What could have been a very useful source of information about mysteries turned out to be a reference book to which I no longer refer. Page headings would have made it much more useful (as in an encyclopedia). Under an author's name, only some titles are included, but not necessarily the best, as a negative summary of the title seems to be as likely as positive. I find the book useful for dipping into for suggestions, but not necessarily for finding the best information. The most useful part was a list of "must-read" books at the end.

Rating: 5
Summary: Great for what it is: a *catalogue*
Comment: "~Be warned: this is not an anthology of short works. It is a very extensive listing of crime fiction spanning 125 years."~ literature of Sherlock Holmes: studies and annotations of the tales, nonfiction parodies, and critical pastiches