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Zen and the art of murder

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Crime writing operates dramatically as a way of investigating more routine matters, according to Michael Dibdin, creator of the Italian detective Aurelio Zen. He believes that writers should use exotic locations only if they are fully familiar with these locations. His own works are set in locations including Venice, Italy, Rome, Italy, and the West Coast of the US. He spent part of his childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and feels that Belfast has come into all his works in some form.

Dibdin, Michael

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No sympathy for the devil

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Novelist Robert Irwin believes that all his novels are about some form of madness. He feels that his novels are realistic, but that they contain a lot of magic and illogical events. He is not attracted to magical realism, and prefers to focus on the discipline of telling the story. He believes that there are strong links between magic and language, and this is a recurring theme in his novel 'Satan Wants Me,' which deals with a 1960s hippy who becomes involved with the occult.

United Kingdom, Product introduction, Literature, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers

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Orphans in the underworld

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The world of the gangster cannot be isolated from society as a whole, according to novelist Jake Arnott, who portrays gangsters in his second novel, 'He Kills Coppers.' He indicates that he is interested in the shady aspects of 1960s society.

Arnott, Jake

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