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Unusual crime fiction novels/films/etc...?
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Currently I'm studying crime fiction in my English classes. We've been given a speech, which requires us to examine the use and subversion of the conventions of the genre within different works. The task asks...
For my perscribed text I'll be using 'The Real Inspector Hound' by Tom Stoppard. I was hoping that someone here could give me a few suggestions for additional pieces of material that I could study, that both apply and subvert Crime Fiction conventions. I was considering using 'Memento', a postmodern Crime Fiction film, which progresses backwards in intervals, following a central character with a short-term memory problem.
Present a speech for Crime Fiction academics in which you explain the intentions behind the works of two composers for the module you have studied.
You must show how the two composers use and subvert some of the specific conventions of the Crime Fiction genre.
Refer to one perscribed text and one other text.
For my perscribed text I'll be using 'The Real Inspector Hound' by Tom Stoppard. I was hoping that someone here could give me a few suggestions for additional pieces of material that I could study, that both apply and subvert Crime Fiction conventions. I was considering using 'Memento', a postmodern Crime Fiction film, which progresses backwards in intervals, following a central character with a short-term memory problem.
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It's a weird blend of sci-fi and detective novel. The main character had his sexual nerve endings switched with a woman. I don't know much about the usual crime fiction conventions, but I'd assume they're usually about tough, masculine protagonists. The fact that this one has undergone a sex change of sorts may be something worth looking into.
Unsolved is definitely a convention breaker.
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Here's the synopsis:
"For Los Angeles private eye Vincent Rubio, the idea of having a tail means a lot more than being followed. Vincent is a velociraptor, one of those little dinosaurs who caused so much panic in Jurassic Park. He keeps his tail tightly strapped up in the special latex costume that he wears to make himself look human.
In Eric Garcia's wild but winning first mystery, dinosaurs never did get wiped out--they evolved secretly and now make up about 5 percent of the world's population. There are dinosaur doctors, lawyers, even detectives like Rubio--although he's hit a low point in his own career because of the suspicious death of his beloved partner. Now the distraught Vincent sucks up so much basil that he can't do his job. But when a human who knows the dinosaurs' secret is killed during an arson fire at a popular dino disco called the Evolution Club, Rubio's luck begins to change. He starts to snoop, following the trail of a lovely human female to the office of Dr. Emil Vallardo, where bizarre experiments are being done on interspecies breeding between humans and dinosaurs. It's all great comic book fun, full of nice little inside jokes, served up deadpan and with full respect for the private eye genre it enlivens."
great book, easy read. fairly depressing at some points, but i still recommend it.
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
Isn't that one actually a comic? I remember seeing scans of it in scans daily.
Edit - Also Fargo.
He peed on your fuckin' rug.
Also, do games count? Condemned had a pretty great Crime Fiction going on.
In a nutshell (spoilered so if you haven't played it):
You then start tracking this guy down. Come to find out the purp is a guy who has been following all your cases and murdering the serial killers. He's now known as Serial Killer X.
Hmm... That sounds really sloppy, here's wikipedia for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently
Also, if you are looking for a more hardcore Sci-Fi twist to your crime fiction, you can not go wrong with Altered Carbon
EDIT: I should learn to read the OP. My Bad.
A lot of Batman stories could probably be put into this category. Altered Carbon is a take on noir in the future, and deals with the idea that someone could live forever by having multiple bodies to put themselves into.
Unless I misread that movie he knew he was the drug dealer, everyone else didn't. That's why they wore those suits.
I was going to mention this. Seriously, everyone should see Kiss Kiss Bang Bang anyways.
I logged on from work just to second the fact that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of the best, if not the best movie, in the last 10 years.
It's one of those gems that no one knows about and not nearly enough people saw.
Well, I've never actually managed to finish the novel, as it makes me paranoid for some reason. But I don't think at the start of the novel he actually realized that he was the drug dealer. It's been a while, so I should probably read it again to verify that.
Bear in mind I'm going from the movie, but in the movie he was fully aware that he was both a cop and a drug dealer.
A Scanner Darkly has got me interested, but my English teachers are kind of iffy about the whole science-fiction thing.
If there are any more suggestions to be had, keep 'em coming.
But Incompetnce (sic) is a good novel as well, it's a detective story in a world where incompetence is considered a disability and thus given protected status.