Murder Done to Death Parody and Pastiche in Detective Fiction

"...One of Melling's objectives, in this book, is to celebrate a kind of pre-war, lighthearted Englishness, the sort of figment that might be encapsulated in a compound of Wimsey, Wodehouse, Greyfriars and Noel Coward....Since most parodies are undertaken in a spirit of admiration, it's appropriate that this survey should opt for a similar approach, as it cheerfully enumerates all kinds of spoofs and spin-offs. It adds up to an extraordinary feat of research and documentation."Melling, John K. is the author of 'Murder Done to Death Parody and Pastiche in Detective Fiction' with ISBN 9780810830349 and ISBN 0810830345.