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Mean streets and English gardens
pp. 104-123
Abstract
One reads only with the purpose of remaining as one already is: innocent. Detective fiction owes its success to the fact that it teaches nothing.1
Publication details
Published in:
Chernaik Warren, Swales Martin, Vilain Robert (2000) The art of detective fiction. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 104-123
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-62768-4_9
Full citation:
Chernaik Warren (2000) „Mean streets and English gardens“, In: W. Chernaik, M. Swales & R. Vilain (eds.), The art of detective fiction, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 104–123.