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This book examines the recent expansion of Ireland's literary
tradition to include home-grown crime fiction. It surveys the wave
of books that use genre structures to explore specifically Irish
issues such as the Troubles and the rise and fall of the Celtic
Tiger, as well as Irish experiences of human trafficking, the
supernatural, abortion, and civic corruption. These novels are as
likely to address the national regulation of sexuality through
institutions like the Magdalen Laundries as they are to follow
serial killers through the American South or to trace international
corporate conspiracies. This study includes chapters on Northern
Irish crime fiction, novels set in the Republic, women
protagonists, and transnational themes, and discusses Irish
authors' adaptations of a well-loved genre and their effect on
assumptions about the nature of Irish literature. It is a book for
readers of crime fiction and Irish literature alike, illuminating
the fertile intersections of the two.
This book examines the recent expansion of Ireland's literary
tradition to include home-grown crime fiction. It surveys the wave
of books that use genre structures to explore specifically Irish
issues such as the Troubles and the rise and fall of the Celtic
Tiger, as well as Irish experiences of human trafficking, the
supernatural, abortion, and civic corruption. These novels are as
likely to address the national regulation of sexuality through
institutions like the Magdalen Laundries as they are to follow
serial killers through the American South or to trace international
corporate conspiracies. This study includes chapters on Northern
Irish crime fiction, novels set in the Republic, women
protagonists, and transnational themes, and discusses Irish
authors' adaptations of a well-loved genre and their effect on
assumptions about the nature of Irish literature. It is a book for
readers of crime fiction and Irish literature alike, illuminating
the fertile intersections of the two.
Irish crime fiction, long present on international bestseller
lists, has been knocking on the door of the academy for a decade.
With a wide range of scholars addressing some of the most essential
Irish detective writing, Guilt Rules All confirms that this genre
has arrived. The essays collected here connect their immediate
subjects - contemporary Irish crime writers - to Irish culture,
literature, and history. Anchored in both canonical and emerging
themes, this collection draws on established Irish studies
discussions while emphasizing what is new and distinct about Irish
crime fiction. Guilt Rules All considers best-sellers like Adrian
McKinty and Liz Nugent, as well as other significant writers whose
work may fall outside of traditional notions of Irish literature or
crime fiction. The essays consider a range of themes - among them
globalization, women and violence, and the Troubles - across
settings and time frames, allowing readers to trace the patterns
that play a meaningful role in this developing genre.
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