The novel's protagonist serves as amouthpiece for the author's political views.
2021 April 24, Adrian Horton, “‘The uprisings opened up the door’: the TV cop shows confronting a harmful legacy”, inThe Guardian[1],→ISSN:
Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as amouthpiece for police departments.
2022 November 9, Verna Yu, “Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war”, inThe Guardian[2]:
Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist partymouthpiece has reported.
