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Booze and the Private Eye: Alcohol in the Hard-Boiled Novel
Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
Booze and the Private Eye: Alcohol in the Hard-Boiled Novel
Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
This examination of the role of alcohol in hard-boiled detective fiction begins with the genre's birth, in an era influenced and affected by Prohibition, and follows the genre's development and its relation to our changing understanding of and attitudes towards alcohol and alcoholism.
208 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 4, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780786418992 |
Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
Pages | 215 |
Dimensions | 152 × 230 × 13 mm · 308 g |
Language | English |