{"product_id":"9781474238229","title":"Disabled Detective Sleuthing Disability in Contemporary Crime Fiction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDisabled Detective\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSleuthing Disability in Contemporary Crime Fiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSusannah B. Mintz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Mystery \u0026amp; Detective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe first book of its kind, \u003ci\u003eThe Disabled Detective \u003c\/i\u003eexplores representations of disability in crime fiction, from the earliest days of the genre to contemporary television drama. Susannah B. Mintz examines detective heroes with such conditions as blindness, deafness, paralysis, Asperger's, obsessive compulsive disorder, addiction, war trauma and many other impairments. Examining a wide range of texts, from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories and the works of Agatha Christie to contemporary crime writers such as Jeffrey Deaver and Michael Collins and television dramas such as \u003ci\u003eMonk\u003c\/i\u003e, this book highlights how often characters with disabilities have been the heroes of crime fiction and how rarely this has been discussed in contemporary criticism.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSusannah B. Mintz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Skidmore College, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnruly Bodies: Life Writing by Women with Disabilities\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eHurt and Pain: Literature and the Suffering Body\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2013).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 September 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474238229\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332593582220,"sku":"9781474238229","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3f0eec6f-8878-45bc-94c0-d3a341ca09ac.jpg?v=1783604306","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474238229","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}