Barry Forshaw: 11 books
Historical Noir
The Pocket Essential Guide to Fiction, Film & TV
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
It's one of the most successful—and surprising—of phenomena in the entire crime fiction genre: detectives (and proto-detectives) solving crimes in earlier eras. Barry Forshaw has written a lively, wide-ranging and immensely informed history of the genre, which might be said to have begun in earnest...
Italian Cinema
Arthouse to Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. From a topless Sophia Loren...
American Noir
The Pocket Essential Guide to US Crime Fiction, Film & TV
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
The word "Noir" is used here in its loosest sense: every major living American writer is considered (including the giants Harlan Coben, Patricia Cornwell, James Lee Burke, James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky, as well as non-crime writers such as Stephen King who stray into the genre), often through...
The Man Who Left Too Soon
The Biography of Stieg Larsson
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
In the Man Who Left Too Soon, top crime fiction journalist Barry Forshaw gives us a fascinating insight into the life and works of this difficult, brilliant and multifaceted man. His best-selling books are violent, terrifying, brilliantly written and have sold millions of copies around the world,...
by Barry Forshaw
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, based on Thomas Harris’s bestseller, was a game-changer in the fields of both horror and crime cinema. FBI trainee Clarice Starling was a new kind of heroine, vulnerable, intuitive, and in a deeply unhealthy relationship with her monstrous helper/opponent,...
Euro Noir
The Pocket Essential Guide to European Crime Fiction, Film and TV
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Covering territory from Rififi to Run Lola Run to Spiral, a guide to the edgy, gritty best of European noir fiction, films, and television
The invasion of foreign crime fiction, films, and TV—and not just the Scandinavian variety—has opened up incredible new options for crime fiction...
by Barry Forshaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Italian cinema is one of the most glorious and energetic celebrations of the medium that any nation has ever offered. For many years, this astonishing legacy was largely unseen, but the DVD revolution is making virtually everything available, from Steve Reeves' muscle epics to long-unseen Italian...
Brit Noir
The Pocket Essential Guide to British Crime Fiction, Film & TV
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
All major living writers, new and established, are covered and the characteristics of their different styles of writing are considered. The writers are also mapped across all regions of England as well as Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Brit Noir offers unique, lively insight and, not solely confined...
Nordic Noir
The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film & TV
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
A compact and authoritative guide to the phenomenally popular genre, by a leading expert in Scandinavian crime fictionThis information-packed study examines and celebrates books, films, and TV adaptations, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's highly influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's...
British Crime Film
Subverting the Social Order
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address more radical notions surrounding class, politics, sex, delinquency, violence and censorship. Spanning post-war crime cinema to present-day "Mockney" productions, it contextualizes the films and identifies important and neglected works.
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories
A Murder Squad Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
A collection showcasing the short story talents of the collective known as the Murder Squad—featuring several award-winning and highly acclaimed crime writers The Murder Squad all share a special passion for crime, which is reflected in this superb new volume of previously unpublished tales....