Title Bestsellers : popular fiction of the 1970s / John Sutherland

Published London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981

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W'PONDS	809.3 S9666/B		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents American kind of book? -- Bestseller machine and its diverse products -- Godfather -- Novels of Arthur Hailey -- Frighteners of the 1970s: children of the dark -- Women's fiction I: the thorn birds -- Women's fiction II: liberation and female masochism-Erica Jong and the 'bodice rippers' -- Star wars -- Alistair MacLean and James Clavell -- Jaws -- Harold Robbins: the roman à clef I -- Roman à clef II -- Full disclosure: research and insider novels -- Death wish: from stetson to hard hat -- 'New western' and the middle-aged reader -- Images of war I: secret histories -- Images of war II: the nightmare that wouldn't die -- Fashionable crime I: hijack -- Fashionable crime II: embezzlement -- the man with the briefcase -- QB VII and the bestselling novel after Auschwitz -- Nightmare and medicare: coma -- Documentary, superdocumentary and technology -- Disaster -- British pessimism: the 'as if' narratives Analysis American fiction History and criticism 20th century Best books English-speaking countries Best sellers Bibliography Books and reading History 20th century English-speaking countries English fiction History and criticism 20th century Geschichte 1970-1980 Popular literature History and criticism English-speaking countries Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [257]-259 Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. American fiction -- 20th century. Best books -- English-speaking countries. Best books -- Great Britain. Best books -- United States. Best sellers -- Bibliography. Best sellers. Books and reading -- History -- 20th century. Books and reading -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 20th century. Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism. Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism. Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism. LC no. 80041390 ISBN 0710007507

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