Re: RARA-AVIS: Another Blockhead Checks In/We Are Family?
James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Sat, 15 Aug 1998 11:14:35 -0500 (CDT)
At 10:46 AM 8/15/98 -0400, William Denton wrote wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Aug 1998,
>Are there any other books with alcoholic detectives? I'd
have a tough
>time thinking of any that don't drink, and hardboiled
types are
>notorious for drinking pretty heavily. They seem to be
able to put it
>back and never get drunk or go through all the blackouts
and vomiting
>that Scudder experiences.
>
>I wonder if Hammett's boozing was as enjoyable as he
made out in _The
>Thin Man_.
>
>
>Bill
>>
Ned Beaumont in THE GLASS KEY at one point suffers from
an alcoholic style hangover; shaking, confused, a total
wreck. Gets the crap
beated out of him.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
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