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Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors, this book focuses on the many ways that setting and place figure in modern crime and mystery novels. It also explores topics such as: the afro-centric urban Los Angeles environment in Walter Mosley's ""Devil in a Blue Dress"", and the gritty South African setting of James McClure's ""The Steam Pig"".

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    Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
    Publication Date: 30/04/2008
    ISBN13: 9780786432981, 978-0786432981
    ISBN10: 786432985
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    ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors, this book focuses on the many ways that setting and place figure in modern crime and mystery novels. It also explores topics such as: the afro-centric urban Los Angeles environment in Walter Mosley's ""Devil in a Blue Dress"", and the gritty South African setting of James McClure's ""The Steam Pig"".

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