Claire Gorrara is Professor of French Studies at Cardiff University

'This rich and closely argued study is a most valuable addition to our historical understanding of social and cultural memories of the war and the reworkings of the themes of crime, guilt and responsibility over the decades.'Margaret Atack, French History, March 2013, 27, 1

• Introduction: mapping French memories of the Second World War1. Resisters and the resistance: challenging the epic in French crime fiction of the 1940s and 1950s2. Forgotten crimes: representing Jewish wartime experience in French crime fiction of the 1950s and 1960s3. Resurgent collaboration: revisiting collaboration in French crime fiction of the 1980s4. Survivor stories: representing persecution and extermination in French crime fiction of the 1980s and 1990s5. Mobilising memory: reading the Second World War in children’s crime fiction of the 1990s and 2000sConclusion: Memories past, present and futureBibliographyIndex

Claire Gorrara is Professor of French Studies at Cardiff University

'This rich and closely argued study is a most valuable addition to our historical understanding of social and cultural memories of the war and the reworkings of the themes of crime, guilt and responsibility over the decades.'Margaret Atack, French History, March 2013, 27, 1

• Introduction: mapping French memories of the Second World War1. Resisters and the resistance: challenging the epic in French crime fiction of the 1940s and 1950s2. Forgotten crimes: representing Jewish wartime experience in French crime fiction of the 1950s and 1960s3. Resurgent collaboration: revisiting collaboration in French crime fiction of the 1980s4. Survivor stories: representing persecution and extermination in French crime fiction of the 1980s and 1990s5. Mobilising memory: reading the Second World War in children’s crime fiction of the 1990s and 2000sConclusion: Memories past, present and futureBibliographyIndex

Claire Gorrara is Professor of French Studies at Cardiff University

'This rich and closely argued study is a most valuable addition to our historical understanding of social and cultural memories of the war and the reworkings of the themes of crime, guilt and responsibility over the decades.'Margaret Atack, French History, March 2013, 27, 1

• Introduction: mapping French memories of the Second World War1. Resisters and the resistance: challenging the epic in French crime fiction of the 1940s and 1950s2. Forgotten crimes: representing Jewish wartime experience in French crime fiction of the 1950s and 1960s3. Resurgent collaboration: revisiting collaboration in French crime fiction of the 1980s4. Survivor stories: representing persecution and extermination in French crime fiction of the 1980s and 1990s5. Mobilising memory: reading the Second World War in children’s crime fiction of the 1990s and 2000sConclusion: Memories past, present and futureBibliographyIndex