Film, Video Tana French: National Book Festival 2021

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Title

  • Tana French: National Book Festival 2021

Summary

  • Tana French, author of "The Searcher" (Viking), discusses her new mystery novel with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's "Fresh Air." French speaks on her approach to the mystery genre, what it's like to be an outsider in a new place and why she reread Agatha Christie's books during quarantine. Bonus content: The Library's Manuscript Division is home to the papers of many writers, including poets, novelists, philosophers and theorists. Historian Barbara Bair reveals letters to crime writer Raymond Chandler, Joan Crawford and others that can be found in the papers of hard-boiled crime fiction writer James M. Cain.

Event Date

  • September 17, 2021

Running Time

  • 39 minutes

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  • video
  • image
  • online text

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