Learning to Kill: Stories - Softcover

McBain, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156031477 ISBN 13: 9780156031479

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2007

Synopsis

Ed McBain made his debut in 1956. In 2004, more than a hundred books later, he personally collected twenty-five of his stories written before that time. All but five of them were first published in the detective magazine Manhunt and none of them appeared under the Ed McBain byline.

Here are kids in trouble and women in jeopardy. Here are private eyes and gangs. Here are loose cannons and innocent bystanders. Here, too, are cops and robbers. These are the stories that prepared Ed McBain to write the beloved 87th Precinct novels. In individual introductions, McBain tells how and why he wrote these stories that were the start of his legendary career.

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Learning to Kill These are the 25 stories that prepared Evan Hunter to become Ed McBain, and that prepared McBain to write the beloved 87th Precinct novels. In individual introductions, McBain tells how and why he wrote these stories that were the start of his legendary career. Full description

Review:

PRAISE FOR LEARNING TO KILL

"Gripping . . . a must for fans who want to see how the master honed his skills."--PEOPLE

"The amazing thing about these stories . . . is how strong and clear the voice is--as if the man himself were still in the room."--MARILYN STASIO, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"A treasure for McBain's legions of fans, letting us peek over his shoulder as he painstakingly studies and practices his craft . . . fascinating."--Associated Press

"The amazing thing about these stories . . . is how strong and clear the voice is--as if the man himself were still in the room."--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"Each tale anticipates McBain's wildly successful '87th Precinct' novels in a different way."--New York magazine

"Gripping . . . a must for fans who want to see how the master honed his skills."--People

"Demonstrates the evolution of a craftsman who became one of the most . . . admired crime writers of the past century."--Raleigh News & Observer

"A minor classic of its kind."--Village Voice

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0156031477
• ISBN 13: 9780156031479
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492