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A barbarian perspective this article proposes a means of analysing the differences between detective fiction and crime fiction, in terms of multi genre content, concentrating especially on the development of italian works in these fields. The best books on italian crime fiction five books. Mass media, mass culture and contemporary italian fiction. View italian crime fiction research papers on academia.

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