The Alcoholics
Encyclopedia
The Alcoholics is a 1953 novel
by Jim Thompson
. The plot evolves around Dr. Peter S. Murphy and his clinic El Healtho where he treats alcoholics
. It was re-released in the 1980s along with several other Thompson books under the Black Lizard imprint, by the Creative Arts Book Company.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson (writer)
James Myers Thompson was an American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction....
. The plot evolves around Dr. Peter S. Murphy and his clinic El Healtho where he treats alcoholics
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
. It was re-released in the 1980s along with several other Thompson books under the Black Lizard imprint, by the Creative Arts Book Company.