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Who Said I Was Dead? by Norbert Davis

Originally published 1942 in the Dime Detective Magazine; this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

(L, V, D)

Coarse Language {PG}

Drug Use {PG} {Alcohol}

Violence {M}

Representations

Gender:

Mostly men, with a small number of women.

Sex:

The society depicted exists in a heterosexual framework, but sexuality itself was not noticed to play a role.

Race & Ethnicity:

'Gyp' used by a character as a term for cheating someone out of something. All characters unmarked, presumed white.

Disability, Physical Diversity and Health:

No mention.

Notes

This one was a lot of fun. Rather farcical overall.

aesmael