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Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction
Continent of Mystery A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction Author:Stephen Knight Now, for the first time, Australian crime fiction's lurid and elusive past is exposed. Over nearly two hundred years, hundreds of authors and thousands of stories have created a unique national crime fiction. No other country's writers are so likely to sympathise with the criminals, or find the police a thoroughly threatening presence. Stephen... more » Knight's unique and sophisticated study shows that this fiction explores criminal disorder in distinctly national terms. The goldfields mystery, the Aboriginal detective, the glamorous lesbian cop and the post-modern puzzle all reveal distinctive aspects of Australianness.« less