by Salvador Vázquez de Parga · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432006371
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«Los mitos de la novela criminal» is the historical essay by Salvador Vázquez de Parga, published by Planeta in 1981, in paperback (316 pages, in Spanish).
The book traces the history of crime fiction from Poe to the present, focusing on the detectives and criminals the public turned into myths: Sherlock Holmes, Arsène Lupin, Hercule Poirot, Jules Maigret, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and Pepe Carvalho. It is organized into three sections —adventure, enigma, and action— and combines humor with documentary rigor.
First edition, number 67 of the Planeta Textos Collection, with black-and-white photographs and illustrations outside the text.
A work aimed at crime fiction fans and those who want to learn the history of its great fictional characters.
