Defective Inspectors

Simon Kemp

first published 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, 2017

Crime fiction is a popular target for literary pastiche in France. From the nouveau roman and the Oulipo group to the current avant-garde, writers have seized on the genre to exploit it for their own ends, toying with its traditional plots and characters, and exploring its preoccupations with perception, reason and truth. In the first full-length study of the phenomenon, Simon Kemp's investigation centres on four maj...

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Defective Inspectors edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351569941
Defective Inspectors edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351569934
Defective Inspectors edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781315095059
Defective Inspectors edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351569958
Defective Inspectors hardcover · 2006 · Legenda · 165 pages · 9781904350514

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