Irish Crime Fiction
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 o
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Gene
ral E ditor :
Clive Bloom
Crime Files Series Editor Clive Bloom Professor Emeritus Middlesex University London, UK
“The vibrant world of contemporary Irish crime fiction finally has the critical book it needs and deserves: Brian Cliff’s thoughtful study tracks developments between and across genres, times and places and offers a nuanced account of the culture and history of Irish crime writing.” —Claire Connolly, Professor of Modern English, University College Cork, Ireland
Since its invention in the nineteenth century, detective fiction has never been more popular. In novels, short stories and films, on the radio, on television and now in computer games, private detectives and psychopaths, poisoners and overworked cops, tommy gun gangsters and cocaine criminals are the very stuff of modern imagination, and their creators a mainstay of popular consciousness. Crime Files is a ground-breaking series offering scholars, students and discerning readers a comprehensive set of guides to the world of crime and detective fiction. Every aspect of crime writing, from detective fiction to the gangster movie, true-crime exposé, police procedural and post-colonial investigation, is explored through clear and informative texts offering comprehensive coverage and theoretical sophistication. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14927
Brian Cliff
Irish Crime Fiction
Brian Cliff Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Crime Files ISBN 978-1-137-56187-9 ISBN 978-1-137-56188-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56188-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018935568 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and ins
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