Mysteries and conspiracies detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societies

Through an exploration of the work of the great masters of detective stories and spy novels - G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Le Carré and Graham Greene among others - Boltanski shows that these works of fiction and imagination tell us something fundamental about the nature of modern socie...

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Main Author:	Boltanski, Luc (Author)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	Cambridge, UK Polity Press [2014]
Edition:	English edition.
Subjects:	Detective and mystery stories > History and criticism. Popular literature > Social aspects. Criminal investigation > Social aspects. Social surveys. Conspiracies.