The legendary detective : the private eye in fact and fiction / John Walton.
The legendary detective : the private eye in fact and fiction / John Walton.
The legendary detective : the private eye in fact and fiction / John Walton.
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Publisher
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2016/917
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 219 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Enter the detective -- Working men and women -- Agency business -- Detectives at work -- Crimes of detectives -- Investigation and reform -- The storied detective -- Making a legend.
Publication information
Publisher
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
""I'm in a business where people come to me with troubles. Big troubles, little troubles, but always troubles they dont want to take to the cops." That's Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, succinctly setting out our image of the private eye. A no-nonsense loner, working on the margins of society, working in the darkness to shine a little light. The...
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Full title
The legendary detective : the private eye in fact and fiction / John Walton.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2015.
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Call Numbers
G 2016/917
Record Identifier
74VKzGwWqdp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzGwWqdp3
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ISBN
022630826X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226308265 (cloth : alkaline paper)
DDC
363.289097309041
MMS ID
991023511319702626
