Finders

Anjili Babbar is associate professor of English at the Community College of Baltimore County. She has published on topics ranging from Irish crime fiction to representations of Irish folklore in popular culture.

Babbar's own take on the genre superbly anatomizes the "quixotic" dimension of good contemporary crime fiction in general and emerald noir in particular.-- "Thierry Robin, Etudes Irlandaises" This reviewer is an avid booster of the creative company Babbar chooses and is pleased to note the remarkable insight and thoroughness she brings to her textual and character-centered analysis of them.-- "Washington Independent Review of Books" Babbar's hopeful readings broaden the critical lens in distinctive and valuable ways by exploring Irish crime fiction's acute insights about the thorniest matters of community faith and self.-- "Brian Cliff, coeditor of Guilt Rules All: Irish Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction" Thoughtfully and deftly written, this study highlights the ideas of justice, faith, and identity in Irish crime fiction with impressive insight and intelligence, and it's a welcome addition to the realm of literary criticism.-- "Gerard Brennan, author of Disorder" Babbar provides a wonderfully comprehensive survey of the major authors in the contemporary Irish noir field. She accomplishes a minor miracle in synthesizing so many texts in an interesting, provocative, and engaging way.-- "Andrew Kincaid, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee" This is an astonishing achievement. . . . Historically rich and geographically expansive, Babbar's study, in smooth, erudite prose, casts an astute eye over the complexities and distinctiveness of Irish crime fiction.-- "Andrew Pepper, Queen's University Belfast" Babbar's rigorous, serious, and insightful Finders is the most comprehensive study into the exciting phenomenon of Northern Irish crime fiction. A must-read for literary scholars and the casual fan of the most explosive sub genre of Celtic Noir.-- "Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain"