One Night Stands and Lost Weekends

Zusatztext "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." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. ...

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Block
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.2008
• EAN: 9780061582141
• ISBN: 978-0-06-158214-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Historical fiction, Short Stories, Amerikanische Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Thriller, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Anthologies: general, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Espionage, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Adventure / action fiction