The Life And Crimes Of Harry Lavender Analysis
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender is crime novel about contemporary Australian life, written with all the ambiguity and moral sophistication of most “who dun-nits ".
It looks like crime, and sounds like crime, and sells like crime, but -- it’s Literature! Its Opening is a subversion of the genre - a reversal of expectation as we are duped into believing this is your typical male private eye (P.I.). The role reversal - a female in a traditional male dominated field; women can do everything men can do - challenges the stereotypes of traditional crime fiction.
Purpose: (themes, concerns, issues main ideas....)
1. To create a sense of place — Sydney.
Marele Day had spent four years travelling the world and when
It looks like crime, and sounds like crime, and sells like crime, but -- it’s Literature! Its Opening is a subversion of the genre - a reversal of expectation as we are duped into believing this is your typical male private eye (P.I.). The role reversal - a female in a traditional male dominated field; women can do everything men can do - challenges the stereotypes of traditional crime fiction.
Purpose: (themes, concerns, issues main ideas....)
1. To create a sense of place — Sydney.
Marele Day had spent four years travelling the world and when