{"product_id":"truth-to-post-truth-in-american-david-riddle-watson-9783030870737","title":"Truth to Post-Truth in American Detective Fiction","description":"\u003ci\u003eTruth to Post-Truth in American Detective Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e examines questions of truth and relativism, turning to detectives, both real and imagined, from Poe's C. Auguste Dupin to Robert Mueller, to establish an oblique history of the path from a world where not believing in truth was unthinkable to the present, where it is common to believe that objective truth is a remnant of a simpler, more na?e time. Examining detective stories both literary and popular including hard-boiled, postmodern, and twenty-first century novels, the book establishes that examining detective fiction allows for a unique view of this progression to post-truth since the detective's ultimate job is to take the reader from doubt to belief. David Riddle Watson shows that objectivity \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e intersubjectivity, arguing that the belief in multiple worlds is ultimately what sustains the illusion of relativism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Riddle Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030870731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030870737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"David Riddle Watson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992659001599,"sku":"9783030870737","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a74c6539-0638-4d3d-8e62-16c4c26cff9b.jpg?v=1683320085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/truth-to-post-truth-in-american-david-riddle-watson-9783030870737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}