McBain's Ladies: the women of the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain

Author:Ed McBain [McBain, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: General, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Detective and mystery stories; American, Police Procedural, Women, United States, Women Sleuths, Police, Policewomen, City and town life, Police spouses, Policewomen - Fiction, 87th Precinct (Imaginary place), 87th Precinct (Imaginary place) - Fiction, City and town life - Fiction, Police - United States - Fiction, Police spouses - Fiction, Women - United States - Fiction
ISBN: 9780892962846
Publisher: Mysterious Press, 1988.
Published: 1988-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

“Yes, a pistol,” he said.

“I don’t have to tell you that the pistol is a fixed psychological symbol.”

“For what?”

“For what do you think?” Cindy asked.

“Oh,” Kling said.

“Yes. And then, to further underscore the Oedipal situation Antonioni has his photographer discover that the older man is dead, he has been killed—which is what every small boy wishes would happen to his father. So that he can have the mother all to himself, you do understand?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, so that’s what started me thinking about the detective as a voyeur. Because, you remember, there was a great deal of suspense in that part of the movie, the part where he’s blowing up the photographs. It’s really a mystery he’s working on—and he, in a very real sense, is a detective, isn’t he?”

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