▁criminal . ▁Her ▁nov els ▁were ▁also ▁not ew orth y ▁for ▁expl oring ▁gay ▁and ▁les bian ▁them es , ▁which ▁were ▁d aring ▁topics ▁for ▁the ▁era ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁was ▁writing . ▁Such ▁d aring ▁them es ▁brought ▁The od ora ▁a ▁measure ▁of ▁not or iety ▁in ▁her ▁day . ▁ ▁Her ▁nov els ▁were ▁largely ▁neglect ed ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁but ▁were ▁redis cover ed ▁and ▁re iss ued ▁by ▁Olymp ia ▁Press ▁during ▁ 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁attention ▁to ▁her ▁work ▁after ▁about ▁thirty ▁to ▁forty ▁years ▁of ▁d orm ancy ▁brought ▁both ▁surprise ▁and ▁delight ▁to ▁The od ora ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁years ▁of ▁her ▁life . ▁ ▁The od ora ▁Ke og h ' s ▁works ▁were ▁repr int ed ▁primarily ▁for ▁three ▁reasons . ▁First , ▁her ▁style ▁is ▁very ▁modern ▁and ▁represents ▁a ▁transition ▁from ▁Rom antic ism ▁to ▁modern ism ▁and ▁post mod ern ism ▁that ▁mirror s ▁not ▁only ▁writers ▁like ▁High sm ith ▁but ▁also ▁Raymond ▁Ch and ler ▁and ▁D ashi ell ▁Hamm ett . ▁Second , ▁she ▁is ▁adm ired ▁for ▁her ▁expl oration ▁of ▁psych ological ▁issues ▁and ▁in ▁thus ▁creating ▁complex ▁characters ▁who ▁often ▁present ▁one ▁person ality ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁while ▁having ▁a ▁secret ▁and ▁imm oral ▁life ▁that ▁is ▁in ▁contradiction . ▁Ex pl or ations ▁of ▁the ▁t ensions ▁between ▁the ▁soci ally ▁accepted ▁and ▁the ▁in ward ly ▁reb