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Caper novel

The Caper story involves criminality, but is not categorisable as detective fiction because the crimes are perpetrated by the main character(s) in full view of the reader.

Some examples of Caper fiction are :-

the Modesty Blaise stories of Peter O'Donnell
novels of John Boland[?] such as The League of Gentlemen[?] and The Golden Fleece[?]
screenplay of The Thomas Crown Affair[?] by Alan Trustman[?]
novel and screenplay of Ocean's Eleven by George Clayton Johnson[?] and Jack Golden Russell[?]
Sledgehammer[?] by Walter Wager[?]

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