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[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Any close reading of the subject of small villages shows they were/are hotbeds of murder

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

By "close reading" you mean Agatha Christie novels? No seriously, where did you get that from?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The bigger question is why? And is it universal or is it specific to some places and/or some times.

Like I doubt small Japanese villages are hotbeds of murder. At the same time I fully believe American small towns have a lot of murders. So it’s a pretty strong claim to leap to the conclusion that small towns cause murder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Hmmm... lately I've been reading a couple Japanese authors, Akimitsu Takagi and Seishi Yokomizo, in case you're interested. (Not all set in remote places, but part of the classic murder mystery genre within a very different culture from Agatha Christie.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Now that sounds really interesting! I saw the movie Yojimbo recently and that one depicts a Japanese village full of lawlessness and banditry, but that was set during the samurai era. My impression of Japanese villages today is that they’re rather idyllic places, albeit boring and lacking job opportunities (hence the exodus to Tokyo).

I will check out those authors though. Thanks for the info!