Just published is vol. 32, no. 2 of
Clues: A Journal of Detection—a theme issue on global crime fiction guest edited by Stewart King (Monash University) and Stephen Knight (University of Melbourne). If interested in ordering the issue or subscribing, email
McFarland.
The cover features Swedish author Arne Dahl. The table of contents follows below. I will add links when available.
The Challenge of Global Crime Fiction: An Introduction
STEWART KING AND STEPHEN KNIGHT
Crime Fiction as World Literature
STEWART KING
This article explores crime fiction within a world-literature framework. It
argues that the study of national traditions can blind us to the dialogue across
borders and languages between texts and authors. It proposes a reading
practice that aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of this truly
global genre.
Beyond National Allegory: Europeanization in Swedish Crime Writer Arne Dahl’s Viskleken KERSTIN BERGMAN (Lund University)
Swedish crime fiction is experiencing a strong move toward Europeanization;
increasingly more novels are set in Europe and discuss European identities and
transnational criminality. The author examines how national and European
perspectives clash and interact in Arne Dahl’s
Viskleken (Chinese Whispers,
2011), a novel featuring a multinational police team within Europol operating
across borders.
Hackers Without Borders: Global Detectives in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy NICOLE KENLEY (University of California, Davis)
The article argues that Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy is a response to the
challenges of mediating digital crime. It suggests that as the technological
aspects of global crime threaten to dissolve national borders, Larsson’s novels
offer the computer hacker as a detective figure capable of partially managing
these emerging threats.
