A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes

But down these mean streets must go a man who is not himself mean, who is neither...
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Author: Val McDermid
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A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes by McDermid, Val

A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes

$36.10

A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes

$36.10
Author: Val McDermid
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Val McDermid
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 03/01/2000
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.66h x 6.22w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781890208158


Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee

About the Author
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.

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