Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction
| By: | Stuart Sim |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781137469656 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781137469663 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky.