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The worst of America now on paper

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Today our literature critic, Augustin Trapenard talks detective stories (or roman noirs) with two novels that just came out in France. 'Crooked Little Vein' by Warren Ellis and 'Inherent Vice' by Tom Pynchon. Two novels about the worst in America.

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Literature: potential future classics

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