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By Caitlin Kleinschmidt
| Thursday, March 26, 2015 - Off the Shelf
I love true crime. There, I said it. Though often maligned due
to its associations with lurid tabloids and pulpy courtroom dramas, there are
examples of the genre that are literary in quality and aspiration (and I can
just feel the condescending eye-rolls from the well-read literary set).
But
now that we’re living in a post-Serial
world and The Wire
has been enshrined as the greatest television series ever, I think it’s time
to revisit this misconception.
The greatest examples of the genre provide not
only the pleasures of a gripping, whodunit plot, but they are also an
examination of complex psychology and civilization when the tranquility of
everyday life has been shattered. View
the full list >
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