Booze and the private eye : alcohol in the hard-boiled novel / Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe.
Booze and the private eye : alcohol in the hard-boiled novel / Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe.
Booze and the private eye : alcohol in the hard-boiled novel / Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004.
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N813.0872/9
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Dashiell Hammett : "Behind in our drinking" -- Raymond Chandler : "Alcohol was not cure for this" -- Mickey Spillane : "Can't spell cognac" -- Robert B. Parker : "This was no job for a poet" -- Lawrence Block : "A wide-awake drunk" -- "Groomed to this end for years" : the rise of the woman PI.
Publication information
Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"The hard-bitten PI with a bottle of bourbon in his desk drawer - it's an image as old as the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction itself. Alcohol has long been an important element of detective fiction, but it is no mere prop. Rather, the treatment of alcohol within the works informs and illustrates the detective's moral code, and casts light up...
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Booze and the private eye : alcohol in the hard-boiled novel / Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe.
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Author / Creator
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2004.
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Call Numbers
N813.0872/9
Record Identifier
74VKdJQv28Jy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdJQv28Jy
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ISBN
0786418990 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780786418992 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
813.0872093561
MMS ID
991019902899702626
