{"product_id":"creating-a-custom-fit-in-jay-verney-9780987377982","title":"Creating A Custom Fit In An Off-The-Rack Genre World: The Proximal Investigator, The Corpse of Convenience, and Their Family of Circumstance in Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating A Custom Fit In An Off-The-Rack Genre World\u003c\/i\u003e is about the three main kinds of characters found in murder fiction: the investigators, the victims, and the suspects. It is possible to place these characters along a creative continuum. from the relatively formulaic to the relatively unique, from stock characters to more fully-realised human beings. \u003ci\u003eCustom Fit\u003c\/i\u003e takes a fresh perspective on these characters, suggesting new terms for each role. The detective or investigator becomes the Proximal Investigator, and the victim the Corpse of Convenience. The collective term for the suspects is the Family of Circumstance, remembering that, initially at least, everyone in a murder novel is suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing examples from novels by Peter Hoeg, Henning Mankell, Walter Mosley, and Sara Paretsky, this text asks questions such as: how do murder fiction's characters achieve a sense of difference in their roles, even as they abide by established conventions, demonstrating traits and behaviours similar to other investigators, suspects and victims? How do they flout convention while following it? And how do they contribute to the genre's evolution and development?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating A Custom Fit in an Off-the-Rack Genre World\u003c\/i\u003e is a stand-alone text but also a companion essay to the novel, \u003ci\u003eSummon Up The Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which formed the author's doctorate in Creative Writing, which received a University of Queensland Dean's Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Verney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0987377981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780987377982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zen Kettle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jay Verney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441506136319,"sku":"9780987377982","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8fb4ebc-9bc3-40ec-992a-f0cf6c298b25.jpg?v=1777191351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-a-custom-fit-in-jay-verney-9780987377982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}