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Author Schmidt-Cruz, Cynthia, author.

Title Argentina noir : new millennium crime novels in Buenos Aires / Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.
Contents Argentina noir -- Combatting organized crime and institutional complicity, with a sentimental subtext -- The president and all his men: watchdog journalists tackle corruption during the Menem presidency -- Terrorist attacks on Jewish Buenos Aires and the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman -- Trouble in the country club or "los nuevos ricos tambiƩn lloran" -- The "other side": the urban poor and the crime novel -- Conclusion: social collapse and human connections
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Noir fiction, Argentine -- History and criticism
Argentine fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Crime in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
Argentine fiction
Crime in literature
Literature
Noir fiction, Argentine
SUBJECT Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- In literature
Subject Argentina -- Buenos Aires
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781438473055
1438473052