RTÉ - Documentary Series = Irish Noir

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RTÉ - Irish Noir 4 Parts Presented by John Kelly, Irish Noir is the story of Irish Crime fiction. From its gothic origins, through the fast paced storylines provided by Celtic Tiger excess – and right up to the bleak fictional landscape inspired by Austerity Ireland In the last 15 years, Irish crime writing has experienced a renaissance in popularity comparable to the Scandinavian and Scottish crime writing scenes. But before that, Irish crime was a niche style written by few. Irish Noir is a major new four-part which will explore why it took so long for this popular genre to get a comfortable footing in this country. To what extent did politics and history play a part? And did the enormous success of Irish literary giants like Joyce and Beckett cloud the ambitions of writers who might have naturally had more hard-boiled aspirations…? In other words, did we turn our literary noses up at crime fiction? Program info: pdf

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