Pop Fiction: Sex and Death

             Pop fiction is extremely popular with readers in the USA and also in Britain. Surprisingly, the sales statistics reveal that 33% are thrillers, 28% romance and 5-6% are written on science fiction, horror and fantasy. Pop fiction makes a good read because they ask the reader to read the book with suspense and disbelief. The subject matter for these books is derived largely from magazines, films, and the television. It also takes into account the technological advances that are transforming society and is often blamed for negative changes.
             Pop fiction is often twisted because it highlights the image of the product far more than the product itself. In terms of literature, the plot is often a formula with a specific type of setting and a restricted number of lines and action, a typical cast with hackneyed dialogues. The conclusions are often superficial so it's always better to study the genre instead of the individual textbook. The backgrounds are normally taken from real life famous people. One good example if of books written by Jackie
             Collins who uses the lives of rich Hollywood actors or other icons to base her stories on. One unique factor about pop fiction is how the setting and the time of the plot are always modern and urban. The situations normally revolve around murder, racism, revolution, and unemployment in an individual manner.
             The 1990s is when literature took a new turn by introducing desire as the main concept into novels. These elements transformed society into a postmodern one by coming out of the closed environments. Many writers began to focus on the elements that lead to bodily intensifications and desire for foreplay and sex. These books began to focus their storyline on the rich and the famous, exposing those who had it all and how they are fearsome of losing their wealth, which largely controls their life, especially sex and death. Sex is shown to control the lives of those who are politically and financia...

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