Sunday, January 01, 2006

Crime novels are really plays

Most of the popular crime novels have become successful plays, movies or TV shows.
When you think about it, this is natural, because a crime novel is really a drama: the story depends on a narrative, and it usually takes place over a limited time in a particular place. Apart from the puzzle of the crime, the interest is in the reactions of the characters to the events.
All of this fits well into drama, although most crime fictions seems to start life as novels or short stories.

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