We Need More Leftist Crime Fiction

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We Need More Leftist Crime Fiction

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Books@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months ago

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Critics of crime fiction dismiss the genre as hopelessly reactionary, but its history tells a different story. From hard-boiled American detective novels to the explosion of Scandi-noir, crime fiction has been deeply influenced by socialist writers.

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