Criminal Cities Graham Horwood Marie-Jeanne Rossignol

Marie-Jeanne Rossignol

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Criminal Cities Graham Horwood Marie-Jeanne RossignolWhy does crime feature at the center of so many postcolonial novels set in major cities? This book interrogates the connections that can be found between narratives of crime, cities, and colonialism to bring to light the ramifications of this literary preoccupation, as well as possibilities for cultural, aesthetic, and political catharsis. Examining late twentieth and twenty first century novels set in London, Belfast, Mumbai, Sydney, Johannesburg,