Cocktail noir
Subtitle: from gangsters and gin joints to gumshoes and gimlets
By: Scott M. Deitche
Publisher: Reservoir Square Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781941947005
Subjects: Cocktails; Organized crime; History; Bars (Drinking establishments); Crime writing
Description: A "look at the intertwining of alcohol and the underworld--represented by authors of crime both true and fictional and their glamorously disreputable characters, as well as by real life gangsters who built Prohibition-era empires on bootlegged booze. [The book] celebrates the potent potables they imbibed and the watering holes they frequented, including some bars that continue to provide a second home for crime writers"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: The dark corner with cocktail in hand --; title: Prohibition --; title: Crime novelists and their characters --; title: Mob authors --; title: Cocktail noir on screen --; title: Real-life gangsters --; title: Gangster bars --; title: Bar noir --; title: The well-stocked home bar.