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Latin American detectives against power : individualism, the state, and failure in crime fiction /

This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tocco, Fabricio, 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022].
Subjects:
Detective and mystery stories, Latin American > Political aspects.
Detective and mystery stories, Latin American > Social aspects.
Latin American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Individualism in literature.
State, The, in literature.
Piglia, Ricardo > Criticism and interpretation.
Bolaño, Roberto, > 1953-2003 > Criticism and interpretation.
Fonseca, Rubem > Criticism and interpretation.
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Summary:This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a transnational "poetics of failure" rooted in dissatisfaction with the neoliberal state.
Physical Description:xi, 235 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781793651648
1793651647