Belfast Noir: Crime Shaped by Place

Mystery & Crime
2014
Featuring Gerard Brennan, Paul Charles, Stuart Neville

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Three authors explore the rise of Belfast Noir and what makes the city such a powerful setting for crime fiction. Drawing from their own novels and a Belfast-based short story collection, they discuss how history, politics, and place shape stories of murder and mayhem, and why Belfast continues to inspire dark, unforgettable narratives.

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