Booze and the Private Eye

2015-01-24 Literary Criticism

Author : Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
Release : 2015-01-24
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 536/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Booze and the Private Eye written by Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe. This book was released on 2015-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Private Eye

2013-07-15 Performing Arts

Author : Bran Nicol
Release : 2013-07-15
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 385/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Private Eye written by Bran Nicol. This book was released on 2013-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Going, Going, Dragon!: Book 6

2014-01-01 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Colleen AF Venable
Release : 2014-01-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Download or read book Going, Going, Dragon!: Book 6 written by Colleen AF Venable. This book was released on 2014-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories

2004 Detective and mystery stories

Author : Bill Pronzini
Release : 2004
Genre : Detective and mystery stories
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Book Rating : 047/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories written by Bill Pronzini. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Private Eye

1987 English wit and humor

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Release : 1987
Genre : English wit and humor
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