A Suitable Job for a Woman : Inside the World of Women Private Eyes Paperback / softback
by Val McDermid
Paperback / softback
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"But down these mean streets must go a man who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished or afraid".
When Raymond Chandler wrote these words in his classic The Simple Art of Murder, he drew a blueprint for the male private eyes who descend from Philip Marlowe to populate the world of crime fiction.But what if the private eye is a woman? And what if she is not a character in a novel but a real, working investigator testing not only the meanness but the absurdity of life on seamy streets?
Who will tell her story?Enter Manchester's Val McDermid, herself a skilled writer of the P.I. novel but for years a professional journalist. In an effort to plumb the real world of working women -- and throw new light on her own craft -- she has interviewed women private eyes from both sides of the Atlantic and assembled their stories with an eye for the absurd and a keen grasp of the gritty nuts and bolts of the profession.
As fascinating as fiction, A Suitable Job for a Woman is, in the words of Edgar-winning author Nevada Barr, "a concise and eye-opening trek through the competence, humor, and humanity of women".
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
- Publisher:Poisoned Pen Press
- Publication Date:01/12/1995
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- ISBN:9781890208158
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
- Publisher:Poisoned Pen Press
- Publication Date:01/12/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9781890208158