{"product_id":"2026200014188-secondhand-101-years-entertainment-the-great-detective-stories-1841-1941","title":"101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories, 1841-1941","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century of cunning, suspense, and brilliant deduction comes alive in 101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories, 1841-1941, a landmark anthology that chronicles the golden age of the detective story from its very inception to its mid-twentieth-century peak. Edited by the legendary Ellery Queen — the pen name of cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee — this sweeping collection gathers the finest works of the genre, spanning a full hundred years from Edgar Allan Poe's founding contributions to the masterful puzzle-plots of the 1940s, presenting a comprehensive portrait of the detective story's extraordinary evolution.\n\nThis anthology stands as one of the most ambitious and authoritative compilations of crime fiction ever assembled, illustrating Ellery Queen's unparalleled expertise as both practitioner and scholar of the detective story. Queen's editorial vision is precise and passionate, drawing together tales from the genre's greatest architects — Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton, and many more — to argue that the detective story is not mere entertainment, but a sophisticated literary form deserving serious recognition. For any lover of mystery and classic fiction, this collection remains an indispensable treasure, one that raises the tantalising question: after a century of brilliance, which story truly reigns supreme?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161007759579,"sku":"2026200014188-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/aca10a3b-f430-4307-aa8b-f79c79b55e90.png?v=1787188892","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014188-secondhand-101-years-entertainment-the-great-detective-stories-1841-1941","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}