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A Suitable Job for a Woman - Inside the World of Women Private Eyes (Paperback, Us ed.) Loot Price: R352
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A Suitable Job for a Woman - Inside the World of Women Private Eyes (Paperback, Us ed.): Val McDermid

A Suitable Job for a Woman - Inside the World of Women Private Eyes (Paperback, Us ed.)

Val McDermid; Foreword by Nevada Barr

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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.""

General

Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 1995
First published: March 2000
Authors: Val McDermid
Foreword by: Nevada Barr
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 320
Edition: Us ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-890208-15-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Criminal investigation & detection
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN: 1-890208-15-9
Barcode: 9781890208158

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