Download or read book Deathtraps written by Marvin Carlson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows the comedy thriller to be a singularly postmodern form. This work examines various elements of the thriller - openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of the audience, and endings - and shows how they work to overturn the conventions of realism in detective drama.