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Carlos Ramet focuses on the artistic development and cultural implications of the best-selling author of works such as "Eye of the Needle" (1978), "The Pillars of the Earth" (1989), and "The Hammer of Eden" (1998). Beginning with his earliest published novel, "The Big Needle" (1974), Ramet explores the tension between the popular and the serious that has underlain much of Follett's work. Ramet examines this writer's blending of genres, film adaptations of his novels, and his keen ability to extend his readership through a "hybridization" process. Ramet linguistically analyzes Follett's...

This volume focuses on the artistic and cultural implications of an important contemporary novelist.

Ken Follett wrote his first international bestseller, Eye of the Needle, when he was 25 years old. He has since been one of the most consistent international best-selling authors, with approximately 130 million copies of his books sold worldwide. His manifold influences on the thriller genre includes the pioneering use of strong female characters in espionage stories and the development of the historical thriller as a new form of novel, exemplified by Winter of the World (2012). This book is an investigation of Follett s development as an author, and of the craft of writing and...