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Q&A Why aren't detective stories written in the protagonist's POV?

Saw your name on Mathematics Meta, and this question as a top network post. The Reacher novels by Lee Child are typically from Reacher's point of view. He may or may not narrate (first person), us...

posted 8y ago by Will Jagy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:49:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Will Jagy‭ · 2019-12-08T05:49:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
Saw your name on Mathematics Meta, and this question as a top network post.

The Reacher novels by Lee Child are typically from Reacher's point of view. He may or may not narrate (first person), usually not.

What is interesting is that someone followed Child around for months while _Make Me_ was written. The resulting book is [Reacher Said Nothing](http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529959/reacher-said-nothing-by-andy-martin/9781101965450/) by Andy Martin. Quite revealing on the types of decisions Child makes. Sometimes Martin invokes theories of literary criticism or philosophy that are unfamiliar to me. I just read through those, i did not look them up for more detail.

An amusing bit: in _Make Me_ there are several occurrences of the sentence Reacher said nothing. There is also, at least, one occurrence of Reacher said, "Nothing."

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-01T18:28:02Z (almost 8 years ago)
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