Booze and the private eye
Subtitle: alcohol in the hard-boiled novel
By: Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Noir fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature.; Private investigators in literature.; Drinking customs in literature.; Alcoholism in literature.; Alcoholics in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dashiell Hammett : "Behind in our drinking"; title: Raymond Chandler : "Alcohol was not cure for this"; title: Mickey Spillane : "Can't spell cognac"; title: Robert B. Parker : "This was no job for a poet"; title: Lawrence Block : "A wide-awake drunk"; title: "Groomed to this end for years" : the rise of the woman PI.