Does anyone know what book I'm talking about

[antoinetinnion]

When I was a teen in the mid 80s, I read a sci-fi novel which I can hardly remember anything about except (1) there was a detective involved (it may or may not have been sci-fi noir) (2) at certain points in the story, the story moved from typed words on a page to large drawings which filled the page, several pages in a row, before reverting to traditional text narrarative. I'm sure the drawing reference will jog someone's recollection. Anyone got a clue what the book was?

 

[The Judge]

Not a clue! But I'll move this over to Book Search where we house our most learned members who love to get their teeth into conundrums of this kind!

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Hello there! Not sure if this could be it, but Alfred Bester's 1950s novel The Demolished Man sounds like a candidate-book...it has a detective story, and though it's been years since I've read it, I remember there were breaks in the story for some oddly-cool special effects...can't remember if they were pictures or manipulated words (or words manipulated to form pictures). Hope this is the one! CC

 

[Bick]

Demolished Man doesn't have any actual drawings, unfortunately - just strange text effects.