John Grisham has sold 300 million books and had 28 consecutive number one New York Times bestsellers. John Avlon: Why did so many Americans think the 2022 election was stolen? He says a good majority of people wearing mega hats and storming the Capitol on January 6 read a Grisham book every night before bedtime after being inoculated with Tucker Carlson.
Today, another episode from the Revisionist History Live universe. It's an old fashioned lecture, recorded at the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Malcolm talks about a totally real thing he made up—a taxonomy of the modern mystery story—with a focus on murder mysteries and police procedurals. From Dragnet, to John Grisham, to Sherlock Holmes, it's all in there...and all connected to how we view real policing.
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