Description: An engaging and insightful guide to Argentine crime fiction since 2000.
Brief description: Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz is Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Center for Global and Area Studies at the University of Delaware. Her previous books include Mothers, Lovers, and Others: The Short Stories of Julio Cortázar, also published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"Schmidt-Cruz's work represents a significant contribution to the field ... this is an accomplished study that will be essential reading for scholars of Argentine crime fiction, but that should also hold appeal for those interested in understanding contemporary Argentina, or indeed anyone curious about the power of popular narratives to help illuminate the social and political phenomena of the age." - Bulletin of Spanish Studies
"This is a very significant contribution to the field. It is a full and illustrative, as well as authoritative, guide to crime fiction and the novela negra in Argentina in the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on the literature's social and political thematics." - Philip Swanson, author of The New Novel in Latin America: Politics and Popular Culture after the Boom