Politics and Society in Italian Crime Fiction: An Historical Overview

by Barbara Pezzotti (Author)

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  2013

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  This first English work comprehensively spans the history of Italian crime fiction genre from its origins to the most recent writers. The author examines ways in which Italian crime fiction has articulated the social and political changes of the country and ways in which individual authors exploit the genre to reflect the social transformations and dysfunctions of Italy --