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Jason Webster

Jason Webster is an Anglo-American crime novelist, travel writer and critic. His latest book is The Anarchist Detective (2013). He lives in Spain.

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Black-and-white film still of Humphrey Bogart in a suit and fedora gently holding a Lauren Bacall’s face as they gaze at each other inside a car.

essayMeaning and the good life

Unholy mystery

Shamanic powers of insight and the power to bring order out of chaos. Is the detective a priestly figure for our times?

Jason Webster