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The American roman noir, or "black novel," was introduced to Catalan literature in the 1950s by the writer Manuel de Pedrolo. By the turn of the 21st century, the genre had evolved into a self-conscious literary exercise, with authors such as Ferran Torrent contributing to its continued development.1