The Legendary Detective: The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction

by John Walton

Book Overview

An in-depth study of private detective fiction within the context of popular culture.

"I'm in a business where people come to me with troubles. Big troubles, little troubles, but always troubles they don't want to take to the cops." That's Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, succinctly setting out our image of the private eye. A no-nonsense loner, working on the margins of society, working in the darkness to shine a little light.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022630826X
• ISBN13: 9780226308265
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 10.3"