Booze and the private eye
Booze and the private eye: alcohol in the hard-boiled novel Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2004.
ISBN: 0786418990
DDC: 813.0872093561
LCC: PS374
Edition: (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.
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.
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