Mixing memoir and cultural criticism, Watching the Detective offers a close reading of the classic television series Columbo through a personal lens. From beginning to end, this book is an investigation, seeking to understand the comforts to be found not in mere nostalgia but in exploring new connections, finding new ways of seeing. Reckoning with the vagaries of memory, the passage of time, and the sometimes mysterious bond between fathers and daughters, Watching the Detective—like the series itself—is a bit of a brain teaser. Highly subjective and utterly universal, at turns slyly funny and unexpectedly moving, it’s also completely unforgettable. Like the lieutenant himself, once this book has got you, it never quite lets go.
ISBN: 9788218757656
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5", 110pp
Materials: Paperback
Deborah Shapiro is the author of the novels The Sun in Your Eyes (a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice), The Summer Demands, and Consolation. She lives with her family in Chicago.
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