The Thriller and Northern Ireland Since 1969: Utterly Resigned Terror

by Aaron Kelly

For the past 30 years, the so-called 'Troubles' thriller has been the dominant fictional mode for representing Northern Ireland, leading to the charge that the crudity of this popular genre appropriately reflects the social degradation of the North. Aaron Kelly challenges both these judgments, showing that the historical questions raised by setting a thriller in Northern Ireland disrupt the conventions of the crime novel and allow for a new understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754638391
• ISBN13: 9780754638391
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages