The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction

by David Geherin

Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., New York. 1985. Hardcover in dust jacket. 228 pages. (6 X 8½). Foreword: Galahad for Hire by the author. The author examines the careers of fictional detectives from Race Williams by Carroll John Daly to Matt Scudder by Lawrence Block. Several pages of notes follow to fill in more information about the subject. A bibliography is provided to list the books and collections of the named authors. An index is provided on all of the books, authors, and characters mentioned.

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