Our Man in Washington - Couverture rigide

Hoopes, Roy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312868499 ISBN 13 : 9780312868499

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2000

Synopsis

Roy Hoopes is a career journalist in Washington, DC, and the author of Cain, the Edgar Award winning biography of James M Cain. His first novel is an historical detective tale featuring James M Cain and H L Mencken as two Baltimore journalists. They are investigating the deaths and sex scandal in 1923 Harding - administration Washington, DC, in the season before the big Teapot Dome Scandal breaks. There is a remarkable relevance of 1920s scandals to today's political environment, but that remains a backdrop. Mencken and Cain, two bright literary men playing Holmes and Watson, take the train to DC to get the real scoop. They drink a lot, meet a mysterious sexy redhead named Roxy, a rogue named Gaston B Means and get a lot more than they bargained for. They don't solve a crime but with hard-boiled enthusiasm they expose some of the roots of the malaise of the capital. All the speaking roles are real historical characters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312868499
• ISBN 13: 9780312868499
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
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