(1984) is Colin Wilson’s fourteenth novel and the second, and last, in what had originally been a projected series of twelve police detective novels.
Janusemploys some elements of the police procedural genre, but these are largely subordinated to its psychological and philosophical aspects. Wilson took the basic plot of the novel from his play about multiple personality,
Mysteries(related to, but not to be confused with, his nonfiction book
Mysteries: An Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal and the Supernatural(1978)). The play, begun in 1979, was never produced, but it was finally published in
The Death of God and Other Plays(2008).
The protagonist of Janus, as of its predecessor, The Schoolgirl Murder Case (1974), is Chief Superintendent Gregory
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Citation: Tredell, Nicolas. "The Janus Murder Case". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 October 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23975, accessed 27 November 2024.]
