The Investigation (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanislaw Lem
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Philosophical detective mystery
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: London and its environs
- Principal Characters: Gregory, Sheppard, Sciss
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, England or English people, Cancer, London, Miracles, Life and death
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
The Investigation is a detective novel. Several corpses have apparently become reanimated while awaiting burial, and some have disappeared. As Gregory, of Scotland Yard, investigates the cases, he and his associates must deal with such problems as how to distinguish the normal from the miraculous, how to develop explanations for any phenomena, and how to distinguish facts from interpretations. The narration follows Gregory’s work on this case, playfully manipulating the conventions of detective fiction.
The novel opens with various experts...
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