Somebody already mentioned Mr Pelecanos. In Down by the River
where the Dead Men Go, the entire plot is based around Nick's
drinking. He witnesses a murder half-conscious following a
binge, ditches one of the sexiest girlfriends in print
because he can't control his (or her) drinking and spends
most evenings in the closed bar where he works drowning not
just his own sorrows but most of the rest of DC's.
On the subject of Jack O'Connell, I just finished Word Made
Flesh last night having read all his others. It is a quite
remarkable book having less with hardboiled detective fiction
and far more with questions of faith after the Holocaust and
the power of language to corrupt and destroy. I don't think I
could recommend it to Chandler fans, but if your reading also
takes in Umberto Eco and Primo Levi then this could be the
one to float your boat.
Daniel Sevitt
danielse@amdocs.com
+972 9 776 3552
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