Centered on an elderly retiree and his intellectual adversary, the shrewd Inspector Lebeda, "Case Closed" is filled with all the expected elements of a thriller--murder, rape, suicide!--but soon reveals itself as a wily and sophisticated parable about the dangers of language itself, in which the author takes aim at human nature with a devastating arsenal of genre-mixing, wordplay, and whimsical, biting satire.
| ISBN: | 9781564785770 |
| Publication date: | 22nd July 2010 |
| Author: | Patrik Ourednik |
| Publisher: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 143 pages |
| Series: | Czech Literature |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Centered on an elderly retiree and his intellectual adversary, the shrewd Inspector Lebeda, "Case Closed" is filled with all the expected elements of a thriller--murder, rape, suicide!--but soon reveals itself as a wily and sophisticated parable about the dangers of language itself, in which the author takes aim at human nature with a devastating arsenal of genre-mixing, wordplay, and whimsical, biting satire.
Case Closed features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Case Closed was written by Patrik Ourednik and published by Dalkey Archive Press
Case Closed has 143 pages
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