Stuff I Love meme - Day 10
10. The Golden Age of detective fiction.
This would be classic murder mystery novels mainly from the 1920s-30s. Famous authors include Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham.
There's a certain elegant style to the books. The world they inhabit is full of grand houses and servants, cocktails, fast cars, young men with slicked back hair, and young women in short dresses.
There is a drawback though: The language is of its time. Anti-semitism and racial slurs abound. The books, plots, and writing are excellent, but it's a heck of an eye opener to read them.