In a message dated 11/29/02 4:02:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca writes:
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:48:30 -0500 (EST)
From:
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net (Mark Sullivan)
Subject: RARA-AVIS: holding
I just finished The Innocent Mrs. Duff by Elisabeth
Sanxay Holding. It
came highly recommended by Chandler (in his letters).
It was a nice
little noir about the disintegration through drink of
Mr Duff.
Anyway, I have a question. This book was copyright 1949
and there is
lots of talk about gas rationing and ration coupons for
meat and other
foods. When did rationing end?
Mark
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The book was published in the US in hardback in 1946.
Rationing of gas and oil in the US ended in August 1945 a few
days after VJ Day. Rationing for butter ended in November
1945, leaving sugar as the only commodity that continued to
be rationed in the US. Although I imagine the setting was US,
I will note that rationing in Britain continued for a much
longer period after the war.
Richard Moore
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