Crime Culture: Figuring Criminality in Fiction and Film

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: A collection of original essays drawing on crime fiction and film to explore the implications of how we choose to represent crime to ourselves. By broadening the focus beyond classic English detective fiction, the American 'hard-boiled' crime novel and the gangster movie, it breathes new life into staple themes of crime fiction and cinema. Contributor Bio:  Nicol, Bran Bran Nicol is Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His books include Stalking (Reaktion, 2006), Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction (2e, Palgrave, 2004) and?The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction (forthcoming). Contributor Bio:  McNulty, Eugene Bran Nicol is Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His books include Stalking (Reaktion, 2006), Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction (2e, Palgrave, 2004) and?The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction (forthcoming). Contributor Bio:  Pulham, Patricia Bran Nicol is Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His books include Stalking (Reaktion, 2006), Iris Murdoch: The Retrospective Fiction (2e, Palgrave, 2004) and?The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction (forthcoming).