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Latin American Detectives Against Power

Individualism, the State, and Failure in Crime Fiction
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 2022

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.

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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-5164-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-5165-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
236
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
  2. The Anglo-American Detective No access Pages 11 - 46
  3. Argentina No access Pages 47 - 90
  4. Chile No access Pages 91 - 122
  5. Brazil No access Pages 123 - 156
  6. Coda No access Pages 157 - 194
  7. Final Thoughts No access Pages 195 - 202
  8. Notes No access Pages 203 - 206
  9. Bibliography No access Pages 207 - 216
  10. Index No access Pages 217 - 234
  11. About the Author No access Pages 235 - 236

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