The Cineautistic Detective: Steve Erickson’s “Zeroville” and the New Hollywood Novel

This article proposes a reading of Steve Erickson’s Zeroville (2007) as a post-noir mystery novel in which the ‘cineautistic’ detective Vikar, haunted by the ghosts of his Hollywood myths, brings out the cultural meaning behind the fatal date 1969. Going beyond the tropes of the Hollywood Novel, as...

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Main Author: Antonio Di Vilio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2021-12-01
Series:Iperstoria
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Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/1085