13 Aug 2010 09:46:19
Now, he and other members of TW members decided that it is necessary to chose 100 works of suspense on the basis of the impact each had on the genre. An essay analyzing a particular work's importance is accompanied by brief biographies of the author and the essay writer, often a noted author.
The book starts with the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur. It has been deemed the first-ever thriller because the story involves a labyrinth, a monster and a clean escape. The book ends with Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," a best-seller that dared to challenge sacred religious beliefs in a fresh and entertaining manner.
In between are familiar titles such as William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein,"Graham Greene's "The Third Man," Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None," John le Carre's "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold," Morrell's "First Blood" and Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Identity."
The book shows that thrillers, which could be defined as heart-pounding novels of tension with an atmosphere of fear and violence, cover a wide variety of worlds: the law, espionage, action-adventure, medicine, crime, religion, romance and many others.
This volume, full of insightful essays exploring why a particular work touched the public nerve at a particular time, is a great sourcebook not only for thriller fans, but also for anyone interested in the workings of the human mind, including psychologists, sociologists and even philosophers.
The book starts with the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur. It has been deemed the first-ever thriller because the story involves a labyrinth, a monster and a clean escape. The book ends with Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," a best-seller that dared to challenge sacred religious beliefs in a fresh and entertaining manner.
In between are familiar titles such as William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein,"Graham Greene's "The Third Man," Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None," John le Carre's "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold," Morrell's "First Blood" and Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Identity."
The book shows that thrillers, which could be defined as heart-pounding novels of tension with an atmosphere of fear and violence, cover a wide variety of worlds: the law, espionage, action-adventure, medicine, crime, religion, romance and many others.
This volume, full of insightful essays exploring why a particular work touched the public nerve at a particular time, is a great sourcebook not only for thriller fans, but also for anyone interested in the workings of the human mind, including psychologists, sociologists and even philosophers.
