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A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes Us Edition
Contributor(s): McDermid, Val (Author), Barr, Nevada (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1890208159     ISBN-13: 9781890208158
Publisher: Sourcebooks
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 1995
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Annotation: A series of intervies with women private eyes from both sides of the Altantic (Great Britain and United States).
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Reference | Research
Dewey: 363.289
LCCN: 99060514
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.22" W x 8.66" (0.92 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
""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.""

Contributor Bio(s): Barr, Nevada: - Nevada Barr is the award-winning author of thirteen previous Anna Pigeon mysteries, including the New York Times bestsellers Hard Truth and High Country. She lives in New Orleans.