Context Flashcards
Who was Kate Atkinson influenced by?
American writers such as Kurt Vonnegut
How are comments on class division made?
Through Louise’s class anxiety
How are comments on religion made?
Reggie’s views on a made up sort of religion
How are Reggie and Billy at the fault of modern society?
They are ignored by everyone since their mother’s death
What is the effect of the text being a postmodern novel?
Existing constructs are copied with irony
How is the text one of metafiction?
Novel is a crime story about crime fiction subverting and playing with the genre
How isn’t the text a conventional crime text?
It focusses on the effects of crime rather than solving crime and it isn’t dark due to humorous narratives
How did the NY Times describe the text in relation to conventional crime writing?
As a ‘literary hybrid’
