I have never understood what Francis Fukayama’s famous statement of “the end of history” meant until I went to the USA in 2012 in order to do my doctoral studies. After settling in the post-industrial city of Buffalo, NY, I noticed that people lived their everyday lives day in and day out without anything significant…
In a famous essay, The Simple Art of Murder, published many years ago, Raymond Chandler characterized the classic, mostly British detective novel, the whodunit, as a form that has “learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” In a limited sense, he was entirely correct, though of course he was also arguing in favor of the kind of…
We are thrilled to finally have the opportunity to interview Hans Rosenfeldt, the creator of Saga Norén and the screenwriter behind the series Bron/Broen (The Bridge) and Marcella. In our conversation, we discussed the impact of Saga Norén on female characters in contemporary crime genre, as well as his work in both television and literature.…
Down These Green Streets is the witty title of a collection of writings on Irish crime fiction by one of Ireland’s leading crime writers, Declan Burke. Paying homage to Raymond Chandler and American hardboiled fiction, the title also stakes a claim for Ireland’s now leading position in global crime fiction. Though that fiction seemed to…
Oriol Paulo… One of the brightest and most original screenwriters and directors of our days and many years to come. Oriol Paulo, born in Catalonia, a graduate of the Los Angeles Film School, has accomplished great things in his career, especially in the crime genre. He has created some of the most successful examples of the…
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