A Nicer Kind of Murder: The Evolution of Crime Fiction

When:
November 10, 2021 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
2021-11-10T17:30:00-08:00
2021-11-10T19:00:00-08:00
Where:
Tenino Timberland Library via Zoom
Stay Home and Stay Healthy
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Linda McKinnie
360-264-2369

Murder isn’t what it used to be! Author Matthew Sullivan argues that the way crime victims are portrayed informs us about a society’s culture. From Poe and Sherlock Holmes to British cozies and hardboiled pulps, he traces the many influences on the postwar and modern eras of the mystery genre and shows how empathy plays a unique role in contemporary crime novels.

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