Crime Uncovered: Private Investigator

Crime Uncovered: Private InvestigatorThe private investigator is one of the most enduring characters within crime fiction. From Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade the hard boiled loner trawling the mean streets to Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings the genteel companion in greener surrounds the P. I. has taken on any number of guises. In Crime Uncovered: Private Investigator, editors Alistair Rolls and Rachel Franks dive deep into crime literature and culture, challenging many of the

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making a compelling case for bringing back improvisation from the margins

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are sufficiently rich that it's always possible for a close analysis to offer something new – and that's what Franck Boulègue has done with Twin Peaks: Unwrapping the Plastic

adapting themes from authors like William Burroughs

normativity and fatherhood

its cultural history and modern urban style

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