Food and crime: what's eating the crime novel?

Michelis, Angelica (2010) Food and crime: what's eating the crime novel? European Journal of English Studies, 14 (2). pp. 143-157. ISSN 1744-4233

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Abstract

This article discusses the use of food as a metaphor and theme in Jay Rayner's The Oyster House Siege and Andrea Camilleri's The Snack Thief. By exploring the manner in which food and eating are related to crime and its investigation, the figure of the detective and the development of the genre itself, concepts of identity and the way they are constructed in narrative are discussed and problematized.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	No
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2011 16:14
Publisher:	Routledge
Additional Information:	Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in European Journal of English Studies, published by and copyright Routledge.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/122163
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2010.481461
ISSN	1744-4233

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