Abstract
Pezzotti proposes that in the Italian crime fiction tradition, Carlo Lucarelli’s crime novels stand out for a problematisation of the detective’s mobility in the city. Through an analysis of the representation of Bologna as a postmodern and uncanny city and the relationship of the two main detectives—a young policewoman discriminated against in a male-dominated environment and a man with a disability—with the urban space, Pezzotti investigates how in Lucarelli’s Almost Blue (1997), the two protagonists eventually manage to control a network of interactions in an otherwise unknowable city through technology. The chapter makes the case for the subgenre of urban crime fiction as a powerful form of analysis of postmodern urban mobilities, an aspect still underexplored in crime fiction studies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Transnational Crime Fiction |
Subtitle of host publication | Mobility, Borders and Detection |
Editors | Maarit Piipponen, Helen Mäntymäkiäki, Marinella Rodi-Risberg |
Place of Publication | Cham Switzerland |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Chapter | 9 |
Pages | 169-184 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030534134 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030534127 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Crime fiction
- literary geography