Crime Fiction
Why do people all over the world enjoy stories about criminals and the people who bring them to justice?
Why do people all over the world enjoy stories about criminals and the people who bring them to justice? And what do the detective stories of a particular time or place reveal about that culture? From the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes to new South African crime fiction, Helen Grady investigates.
(Photo: The shadow of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Credit: Peter Ruck/BIPs/Getty Images)
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Rupleena Bose: lecturer in English literature at the University of Delhi
Gianrico Carofiglio: www.gianricocarofiglio.com/
Gigliola Sulis: lecturer in Italian at the University of Leeds
Angela Makholwa: www.angelamakholwa.com
Museum of London Sherlock Holmes exhibition and walking tours:聽
Readings by Junaid Ahmed and Dino Motti
Broadcasts
- Sat 7 Mar 2015 14:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sat 7 Mar 2015 23:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 8 Mar 2015 05:32GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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