Mrs. Peabody Investigates
10/12/2016
Mrs. Peabody Investigates
International crime fiction, TV and film
Peabody Ink.
Translation (GER-ENG), reviews, writing, moderating, consultancy
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
International crime fiction, TV and film
Mark Lawson uncovers German and Swiss history in the crime novels of Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
It's Oktoberfest season in Germany and images of beer-drinking, sausage-munching, lederhosen-wearing crowds are probably what you have in mind. However, this is also the time for Krimifestival Munich, one of the largest crime festivals in Europe. It's well known that the Germans love crime novels, although German crime fiction hasn't yet become a big phenomenon in English translation.
Within the wide-ranging field of crime fiction, a substantial subgenre containing over 150 transnational crime novels engages with the National Socialist past and its legacy in the postwar era.