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'Arabesques of the Final Pattern': Len Deighton's Hard-Boiled Espionage Fiction

Authors :
Snyder, Robert Lance
Source :
Papers on Language & Literature. Spring, 2018, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p155, 32 p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective in this kind of story [...] is everything. [...]

Subjects

Subjects :
Novelists -- Works -- Criticism and interpretation
Spy stories -- Criticism and interpretation
Arabesque (Art form) -- Analysis
Literary techniques -- Analysis
Languages and linguistics
Literature/writing

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00311294
Volume :
54
Issue :
2
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Papers on Language & Literature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.544780051

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