In response to: Crime Fiction: The Most American Genre
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November 2024
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Has crime fiction been less important in other major countries? The Germans and Russians surely have been keen on crime fiction. Just think of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. And what about the writers in the Kaiserreich and in the Weimar Republic, not to mention the period after WWII?