The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it's about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in.

Michael Dibdin

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There can be no true friends without true enemies by Michael Dibdin

There can be no true friends without true enemies

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You may forget your childhood, but your childhood does not forget... by Michael Dibdin

You may forget your childhood, but your childhood does not forget you.

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What is true for a given person in a given situation is not necessarily true for that person in a different situation, or for another person in the same situation, and still less if both are different.

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Nowadays people think that history is what was on TV last night. by Michael Dibdin

Nowadays people think that history is what was on TV last night.

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Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're... by Michael Dibdin

Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.

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Criminals have the same aspirations as everyone else. That's why... by Michael Dibdin

Criminals have the same aspirations as everyone else. That's why they become criminals.

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