18 min listen
Crime Fiction
FromThe Why Factor
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Mar 7, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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)
(Photo: The shadow of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Credit: Peter Ruck/BIPs/Getty Images)
Released:
Mar 7, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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