A companion to Latin American crime fiction /
The first integrated overview in English of Latin American crime fiction, a flourishing genre with unique perspectives and characteristics. Latin American crime fiction has a long and rich history, and this volume offers the first integrated overview in English of a flourishing tradition with unique...
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| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York :
Tamesis Books,
[2025].
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| Series: | Tamesis companions.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Philip Swanson
- Part 1. Time and place. History / Ailsa Peate
- Mexico / Persephone Braham
- Argentina / Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz
- Cuba / Carlos Uxo
- Brazil / Natalia Jacovkis
- Part 2. Themes and trends. Literary crime fiction / Philip Swanson
- Narco-narratives / Ruth N. Solarte-Hensgen
- Diversity in crime fiction / Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison
- True crime / Kate M. Quinn
- Part 3. Four major authors. Paco Ignacio Taibo II / Charlotte Lange
- Leonardo Padura Fuentes / Fabienne Viala
- Claudio Piñero / Fiona J. Mackintosh
- Ruben Fonseca / M. Elizabeth Ginway
- Part 4. Beyond the written word. Latin American crime fiction on screen / David Conlon
- Further reading
- Index.