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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}{{italic title}}'''''Responsibility''''' is a novel by [[New Zealand]] author [[Nigel Cox (author)|Nigel Cox]], published by [[Victoria University Press]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/books/news/article.cfm?c_id=134&objectid=10329105 | title=Nigel Cox: Responsibility | work=[[New Zealand Herald]] | accessdate=June 11, 2011 | author=Barton, Chris | date=June 6, 2005}}</ref>
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'''Responsibility''' is a novel by [[New Zealand]] author [[Nigel Cox (author)|Nigel Cox]], published by [[Victoria University Press]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/books/news/article.cfm?c_id=134&objectid=10329105 | title=Nigel Cox: Responsibility | work=[[New Zealand Herald]] | accessdate=June 11, 2011 | author=Barton, Chris}}</ref>


The novel is set in contemporary [[Berlin]], and tells the story of an expatriate New Zealander who, whilst working as a consultant for [[Germany|German]] [[museum]]s, becomes embroiled in criminal activity out of boredom. The novel is notable for combining [[Hardboiled|noir]] and [[detective]] fiction clichés with [[comedy]], as well as having a serious emotional centre.
The novel is set in contemporary [[Berlin]], and tells the story of an expatriate New Zealander who, whilst working as a consultant for [[Germany|German]] [[museum]]s, becomes embroiled in criminal activity out of boredom. The novel is notable for combining [[Hardboiled|noir]] and [[detective]] fiction clichés with [[comedy]], as well as having a serious emotional centre.
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==See also==
==See also==
{{portal|Novels}}
{{portal|Novels}}
* [[Nigel Cox (author)|Nigel Cox]]
* [[Dirty Work (New Zealand novel)]]
* [[Dirty Work (New Zealand novel)]]
* [[Victoria University Press]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* ISBN 978-0-86473-496-9
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Latest revision as of 02:21, 13 October 2024

Responsibility is a novel by New Zealand author Nigel Cox, published by Victoria University Press in 2005.[1]

The novel is set in contemporary Berlin, and tells the story of an expatriate New Zealander who, whilst working as a consultant for German museums, becomes embroiled in criminal activity out of boredom. The novel is notable for combining noir and detective fiction clichés with comedy, as well as having a serious emotional centre.

Much of the book's source material is drawn from Nigel Cox's own experiences living in Berlin, and working at the Jewish Museum there, between 2000 and 2005.

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  1. ^ Barton, Chris (6 June 2005). "Nigel Cox: Responsibility". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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