In Origins and Legacies of Marcel Duhamel's Série Noire Alistair Rolls, Clara Sitbon and Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan propose an account of a translation practice that is surprisingly innovative and that counters the myths and received wisdom that have dogged this iconic French series.

Alistair Rolls, Ph.D (1998), University of Nottingham, is Associate Professor of French Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published monographs, edited collections and numerous articles on twentieth-century French fiction, including Paris and the Fetish: Primal Crime Scenes (Rodopi, 2014).
Clara Sitbon, Ph.D. (2015), University of Newcastle, Australia, lectures in French at the University of Sydney. She has published a number of articles and book chapters on the theory of literary hoaxes. She is currently completing a monograph on Vernon Sullivan.
Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, Ph.D. (2007), University of Newcastle, Australia, is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at that university. She has published monographs, translations and articles on French and Australian literature, including Transfert de langue, transfert de culture (Peter Lang, 2012).