Latin American Detectives Against Power - Individualism, the State, and Failure in Crime Fiction

This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a transnational "poetics of failure" rooted in dissatisfaction with the neoliberal state.

About the author

Fabricio Tocco is assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese convenor at the Australian National University.

Summary

This book examines Latin American detective fiction and how the genre produces a socio-political critique of individualism and the state.

Product details

• Authors: Fabricio Tocco
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781793651662
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-166-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Crime and mystery fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino / General