The post-colonial detective
By: edited by Ed Christian.
Contributors: Christian, Ed, 1953-
Series: Crime files series
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.; Detective and mystery stories -- Developing countries -- History and criticism.; Postcolonialism -- Developing countries.; Decolonization in literature.; Developing countries -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the post-colonial detective / Ed Christian; title: Keating's Inspector Ghote / Meera Tamaya; title: James McClure's Mickey Zondi / Edward Tomarken; title: Upfield's Napoleon Bonaparte / Marilyn Rye; title: A Crane among chickens : the search for place in William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels / Deborah Bosi; title: The Savage among us : the post-colonial detective in William Marshall's Manila Bay novels / Dean Loganbill; title: Post-colonial problems in the Canadian detective novels of Eric Wright and Howard Engel / Patrick Quinn; title: The post-colonial detective in People's China / Jeffrey C. Kinkley; title: The traditional hero as modern detective : Huo Sang in early twentieth-century Shanghai / King-Fai Tam; title: Paco Ignacio Taibo II / Jorge Hernández Martín; title: The Spanish detective as cultural other / Jose F. Colmeiro; title: Driss Chraïbi's A place in the sun / Roger Célestin.