10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHYDUNNIT»
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whydunnit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
whydunnit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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So What: The Definitive Guide to the Only Business Questions ...
Fewer people may have come across the Whydunnit? This is a novel or film
concerned with the motives of the criminal rather than his or her identity. This
drives to the very heart of the Why? question. We know that a crime has been
committed.
'I aim to startle as well as please, ' Muriel Spark once said, and in The Driver's Seat (1970), her aim is all too true. Her most unnerving novel, this is a book to make the flesh creep.
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Investigating Identities: Questions of Identity in ...
The move from a whodunnit to a whydunnit seems at first sight to shift the inquiry
away from identity, as the goal of the investigation is no longer to determine the
identity of an individual. But this latter, traditional preoccupation of detective ...
Marieke Krajenbrink, Kate M. Quinn,
2009
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Muriel Spark: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
book a "Whydunnit?" rather than a "Whodunnit?" This echoes Lise's own
description of a book she carries prominently throughout the story and finally
gives to a hotel porter, telling him it's a "whydunnit in q-sharp major" (101). The
style of ...
It's a whydunnit. Why did Easterman do what he did? What turned this golden boy
into this. . .revolting beast? FARQUHAR: Now you sound like your own back-
cover blurb. How's the sandwich? STYLER: Good. S TYLER takes another bite.
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The Gay Detective Novel: Lesbian and Gay Main Characters and ...
The concept of truth is somewhat more relative than is usually the case in
detective fiction. "I'm really not at all interested in whodunits. I'm far more
interested in WHYdunnit— reasons and excuses and explanations and
circumstances that ...
Judith A. Markowitz,
2004
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Homicide: Life on the Streets--the Unofficial Companion
Whydunnit. The detective of Homicide pits his or her wits against the physical
world: the natural decay of evidence, the limitations of forensic science, the social
situations that encourage witnesses to lie. However, the detective does not, ...
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Muriel Spark's Postmodernism
The detective will have no clue to this 'whydunnit in q—sharp major'; no matter
what effect they trace back, they do not get to the cause. To see Spark's mockery
at 'victimology' in ethical terms, we may briefly look into Zizek's 'femme fatale': 'the
...
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Dramatherapy and Destructiveness: Creating the Evidence ...
as usual – to which one of the participants responded that this wasn't so much a '
whodunnit', rather a 'whydunnit'. This idea resonated with the other group
members and with the therapist (as I try to approach all clinical work from a
position of ...
Ditty Dokter, Pete Holloway, Henri Seebohm,
2012
You can have the book as well; it's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a
message : never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your
drawing- room for the servants to pick up.' She leads her man towards the door.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHYDUNNIT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
whydunnit is used in the context of the following news items.
Review: 'Irrational Man' slowed down by too much narration
From here “Irrational Man” becomes part character study and part romance and while it's not exactly a whodunit -- more of a whydunnit -- there is a procedural ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
Sunday Herald review: The Driver's Seat (National Theatre of …
Muriel Spark's intense "whydunnit" The Driver's Seat is a fascinating choice for stage adaptation by the National Theatre of Scotland's artistic director Laurie ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
The Driver's Seat, National Theatre of Scotland, review: 'unnerving'
There was a point, early in Laurie Sansom's staging of Muriel Spark's "whydunnit?" novella The Driver's Seat, when I feared that the National Theatre of Scotland ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Violent roars at the Leo Awards
Motive, the “whydunnit” television show where detectives piece together the storyline that links a killer and his victim, walked away with top honours in the ... «Vancouver Sun, Jun 15»
Ruth Rendell maakte van de 'whodunnit' een 'whydunnit'
De Britse schrijfster Ruth Rendell is vanochtend overleden. Ze werd in januari opgenomen in een ziekenhuis vanwege een beroerte. Ze werd 85 jaar, meldden ... «Trouw, May 15»
Ruth Rendell, crime writer - obituary
... the accolade of "Britain's Queen of Crime" (which she detested) — Ruth Rendell redefined the “whodunnit” genre, fashioning it into more of a “whydunnit”. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Wisconsin 'Whydunnit'
Those living in Wisconsin – or anywhere else that deer hunting is a cherished autumn ritual, not a mere hobby – undoubtedly remember the horrifying news that ... «Volume One, Mar 15»
Third season of CTV crime show Motive promises weirder, wilder …
The concept of the “whydunnit” was the brainchild of show creator Daniel Cerone (Constantine, The Mentalist), and is now the responsibility of head writer and ... «Vancouver Sun, Feb 15»
'Malice', by Keigo Higashino
Malice, the latest murder mystery to be translated from bestselling Japanese author Keigo Higashino's back catalogue, is more whydunnit than whodunnit. «Financial Times, Feb 15»
Fortitude episode 3 review
It's truer of more detective fiction than you might think, especially those that are as concerned with whydunnit as they are whodunnit. One of the best examples is ... «Den Of Geek, Feb 15»