How crime fiction went global, embracing themes from decolonisation to climate change
- Written by Stewart King, Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
Bao Zheng, a recurring character in Chinese _gong'an_ fiction.Wikimedia commons, CC BY-SAOnce seen as the purview of British and American writers, crime fiction is very much a global phenomenon. Fictional investigators such as Lisbeth Salander, Kurt Wallander and Jules Maigret are now perhaps as well known as Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade and Philip...





