Anthony Lake

Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in Historical Crime Fiction

'What's One More Murder?'

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first book-length academic study of historical crime fiction that explores Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The novels discussed are located at the intersection of crime fiction and Holocaust Literature. The book discusses questions of form and genre, and explores the possibilities of justice after the Holocaust

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781032423005
• ISBN-10: 1032423005
• Artikelnr.: 67514097

Autorenporträt

Anthony Lake has taught at universities in his native United Kingdom, Turkey, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and China. He is currently Visiting Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University or Roehampton. He has published articles on a number of authors including Joseph Kanon and Philip Kerr.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. David Downing: Station Series 1: 'Ordinary Germans Doing Ordinary
Things'
2. David Downing: Station Series 2: 'Did the Germans do this, or just the
Nazis?'
3. Philip Kerr: Bernie Gunther Novels 1-9: 'But What's One More Murder?'
4. Philip Kerr: Bernie Gunther Novels 10-14: 'There's no human justice that
could ever be enough'
5. Luke McCallin: Gregor Reinhardt Trilogy: 'Something To Come Back To'
6. Joseph Kanon: Alibi: 'The Wicked and the Merely Acquiescent'
7. Joseph Kanon: The Accomplice: 'It's Not Justice, But It's Something'
8. David Thomas: Ostland: 'That "Only Obeying Orders" Shit.'
Bibliography
Index