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Noir fiction

British pronunciation/nwˈɑː fˈɪkʃən/
American pronunciation/nwˈɑːɹ fˈɪkʃən/
Noir fiction
[NOUN]
1

a genre of crime fiction that emphasizes the dark and pessimistic side of life, usually featuring a protagonist who is a flawed and morally ambiguous character

synonyms : roman noir
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1So that section is kind of indicative of something I wanted to talk about, which is tropes in noir fiction and fantasy fiction.
2If you don't know the name Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, that's because you didn't spent the formative years of your life living in the land of gritty Swedish noir fiction.
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