| One Night Stands and Lost Weekends Contributor(s): Block, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 006158214X ISBN-13: 9780061582141 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2021 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008003500 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.26" W x 8.06" (0.62 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Block, Lawrence: - 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. |