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Author | : Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2015-01-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0786481536 |
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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 upon the society's attitudes towards drink. This examination of the role of alcohol in hard-boiled detective fiction begins with the genre's birth, in an era strongly influenced and affected by prohibition, and follows both the genre's development and its relation to our changing understanding of and attitudes towards alcohol and alcoholism. It discusses the works of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Robert B. Parker, Lawrence Block, Marcia Muller, Karen Kijewski and Sue Grafton. There are bibliographies of both the primary and critical texts, and an index of authors and works.
Author | : Bran Nicol |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2013-07-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1780231385 |
Download The Private Eye Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade to Jake Gittes, private eyes have made for some of the most memorable characters in cinema. We often view these detectives as lone wolves who confront and try to make sense of a violent and chaotic modern world. Bran Nicol challenges this stereotype in The Private Eye and offers a fresh take on this iconic character and the film noir genre. Nicol traces the history of private eye movies from the influential film noirs of the 1940s to 1970s neonoir cinema, whose slow and brilliant decline gave way to the fading of detectives into movie mythology today. Analyzing a number of classic films—including The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Chinatown, and The Long Goodbye—he reveals that while these movies are ostensibly thrillers, they are actually occupied by issues of work and love. The private eye is not a romantic hero, Nicol argues, but a figure who investigates the concealments of others at the expense of his own private life. Combining a lucid introduction to an underexplored tradition in movie history with a new approach to the detective in film, this book casts new light on the private worlds of the private eye.
Author | : Bill Pronzini |
Publisher | : Constable |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories |
ISBN | : 9781841199047 |
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With its roots in the American private detective fiction of the 1920s but traceable back as far as Sherlock Holmes, the private eye story remains as popular as ever. Here are 26 of the finest short novels and stories from the hardboiled world of the private eye.
Author | : Colleen AF Venable |
Publisher | : Graphic Universe ™ |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1467736090 |
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Sasspants, Hamisher, and company have never had it so good. Now that Mr. Venezi's Pets and Stuff doesn't actually sell pets, everybody has time to explore other interests. There's scuba diving in the fish tank with the Steves, theatrical performances with the mice, and walrus toothbrushes and aardvark neckties for everyone! It's not all good times, though. Mr. Venezi's been mistaking his bills for fan mail and a dragon may have moved into the shop. Can Sasspants and Hamisher ensure that a "happily ever after" is in store for the animals, Mr. Venezi, Viola...and even that nice lady from the bookshop next door?
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : English wit and humor |
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Author | : Heather Duerre Humann |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-02-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476628416 |
Download Gender Bending Detective Fiction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since the middle of the last century, views on gender norms have shifted dramatically. Reflecting these changes, storylines that involve cross-dressing and transgender characters have frequently appeared in detective fiction--characters who subvert the conventions of the genre and challenge reader expectations. This examination of 20th and 21st century crime novels reveals what these narratives say about gender identity and gender expression and how they contributed to the evolution of detective fiction.
Author | : Colleen AF Venable |
Publisher | : Graphic Universe ™ |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1467735027 |
Download And Then There Were Gnomes: Book 2 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Sasspants, PI(G), the world's fluffiest detective, is back on the case?or she will be, if her sidekick Hamisher can convince her there's really a mystery afoot. Hamisher has made up so many stories, Sasspants doesn't believe him. But one by one the mice in Mr. Venezi's pet shop are going missing, and all the spooky clues point to...a ghost! Once our shaggy Sherlocks start digging for answers, they will stop at nothing to ferret out the truth!
Author | : Aaron Reynolds |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2010-11-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0805082433 |
Download Big Hairy Drama (Joey Fly, Private Eye, Book 2) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When Greta Divawing, butterfly star of the Scarab Beetle Theatre, goes missing a week before the opening performance of "Bugliacci," Joey Fly is called in to investigate her puzzling disappearance.
Author | : Andy Chambers |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2022-10-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1922765457 |
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Problem Solved is a true crime memoir following the life of Andrew Chambers, who at the end of his career was known as 'the blind private eye'. The book is based on true stories that reveal the clandestine, funny, and often confronting world of private investigations. Andrew worked in Australia and across the globe tackling varied and demanding jobs and shares stories about staking out unfaithful spouses, going undercover to investigate workplace harassment, investigating embezzlement, insurance fraud, cracking a South East Asian child prostitution ring and performing corporate espionage. In a fateful twist, Andrew also confronts the lifelong mystery as to why his parents gave him up for adoption to discover the true nature of his beginnings. Problem Solved tells the story of Andrew’s struggle with blindness, and continued pursuit of his career where, surrounded by a strong team led by his son, Andrew repositioned himself as the blind private eye.
Author | : Dennis Lehane |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780156029025 |
Download A Drink Before the War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Bost, PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro investigate the death of an African-American cleaning lady, gunned down in a burst of Uzi fire. A tale of street gang violence and of the racial divide between black and irish.