"Pleasure of French Detective Novels" by Rokusuuke Nozaki Price: ¥4,620 From Balzac to Danthée, Musso, and Lemaître, and perhaps to Robbe-Grillet, Butor, and Duras──. Crossing the depths of a history that runs parallel to and diverges from literature and detective fiction, this book discovers the unique characteristics and unknown pleasures of French detective novels. It identifies the structure of detective vs. spy in the [primal detective novel] found in Balzac, captures its unique prototype that illuminates even the darkness of society, and traces its lineage to the present day. Furthermore, based on an analysis of the work's structure and narrative codes, it extracts the uniqueness of French detective novels that do not end with solving mysteries, and their differences from Anglo-American detective novels. Combining diachrony and theory, this is the first time that the characteristics and true nature of French detective novels have been captured in 1800 newly written pages! Approximately 500 authors and 750 works are mentioned. This book constitutes a separate volume from the 3500-page, 1232-page "North American Detective Novel Theory 21" published two years ago. Includes a list of the best 33 French detective novels and the best 33 French detective films. #RokusuukeNozaki #Books #ForeignLiterature/Other