Sean Carswell is the author of eight books including the&nbsp;crime novel Dead Extra, which will be released by Prospect Park Books in May 2019. He's an associate professor at CSU Channel Islands.

Sean Carswell

A Lure for the Devil: On James Gunn’s “Deadlier than the Male” and Gilles Deleuze’s “The Philosophy of Crime Novels”

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Noir

James M. Cain and the West Virginia Mine Wars

Mass-Produced Identity

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

Half World

The Mind Controls: Sean Carswell on Scott O’Connor’s Half World

Sean Carswell is the author of eight books including the&nbsp;crime novel Dead Extra, which will be released by Prospect Park Books in May 2019. He's an associate professor at CSU Channel Islands.