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    Posted: December 28 2008 at 08:33
I'm specifically looking for the kind of crime/detective novel that you could call the genre's absolute pinnacle right now, the kind of book that can be argued to be what the genre's been building up towards... and by contemporary I mean relatively recent, last 5-10 years or so. The sort of story that's taken the deconstruction provided by stuff like Paul Auster's City of Glass to heart and was written so that that kind of criticism doesn't work against it. I've already read No Country for Old Men which you could call an example of what I'm asking for. Doesn't have to be in the same general style, just that it should have the same flair for subverting genre clichés while not appearing to be written by someone who considers himself/herself above the genre.

(btw, I've already been recommended Dennis Lehane in a similar discussion elsewhere but haven't gotten around to reading anything by him)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 29 2008 at 16:17
No replies? Hmmm... better start seeking out some more book reviews on my own, then. LOL
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