The First World War in French Crime Fiction by Amila and Daeninckx

What is it about?

Thsi article looks at two novels, Le Boucher des hurlus by Jean Amila, and Le der des ders by Didier Daeninckx, both published in the early 1980s, and explores how both reveal previously occluded aspects of France's past.

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Why is it important?

the article adds to our understanding of the many ways in which late twentieth-century crime fiction challenges orthodoxy, but also challenges the notion that politically committed crime fiction of this period was inherently pessimistic following the failure of May 1968.