Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Foreign Detectives (2 examples)

1. Detective Chen Cao (written by Qui Xiaolong; China)

"But for a city to fully secure its place in the global culture these days, it helps to have a fictional detective taking foreign readers where the guidebooks don't go, and that's where Qiu comes in with his brainchild, Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai police."
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/17/qiu-xiaolong-inspector-chen_n_1603630.html)


2. M (1931); film based in Berlin, Germany

"Someone is murdering children in Berlin. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible."
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/)





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