Argentina Noir: New Millennium Crime Novels in Buenos Aires

by Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz

Book Overview

Argentina Noir offers a guide to Argentine crime fiction, with a focus on works published since the year 2000. It argues that the novela negra, or crime novel, has become the favored genre for many writers to address the social malaise brought about by changes linked to globalization and market-driven economic policies. Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz presents close readings and original interpretations of eleven novels, all set in or around Buenos...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438473044
• ISBN13: 9781438473048
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"