Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-279) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Argentina noir -- Combatting organized crime and institutional complicity, with a sentimental subtext -- The president and all his men : watchdog journalists tackle corruption during the Menem presidency -- Terrorist attacks on Jewish Buenos Aires and the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman -- Trouble in the country club, or "los nuevos ricos tambieĢn lloran" -- The "other side" : the urban poor and the crime novel -- Conclusion : social collapse and human connections.
Series:
SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
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