One Night Stands and Lost Weekends - Softcover

Block, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006158214X ISBN 13: 9780061582141

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2008

Synopsis

In the era before he created moody private investigator Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, sleepless spy Evan Tanner, and the amiable hit man Keller--and years before his first Edgar Award--a young writer named Lawrence Block submitted a story titled "You Can't Lose" to Manhunt magazine. It was published, and the rest is history.

One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is a sterling collection of short crime fiction and suspense novelettes penned between 1958 and 1962 by a budding young master and soon-to-be Grand Master--an essential slice of genre history, and more fun than a high-speed police chase following a bank job gone bad.

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Review:

"It's interesting to observe his skills progressing and no doubt inspiring to would-be writers....If your taste runs to cheap detectives, cheaper crooks, and D-cup damsels, One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is for you."--Library Journal

"This collection will delight the prize-winning author's many fans."--Aptos Times (Aptos, CA)

"These early Block writings deftly capture the flavor and attitudes of an era when crime ran rampant in the city....Block is in fine form."--Lansing State Journal

"Taut classic hard-boiled noir....Will leave even newcomers hungry for more."--Publishers Weekly

"This new collection of Block's early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction."--Charlotte Observer

"Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described 'gormless young man' who grew up to be a killer writer."--Seattle Times

"Tasty like candy and a little addictive."--Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

About the Author:

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association--only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 006158214X
• ISBN 13: 9780061582141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384