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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-10006158214X

ISBN-139780061582141

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038208236

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Book TitleOne Night Stands and Lost Weekends

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicMystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Action & Adventure

GenreFiction

AuthorLawrence Block

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-003500

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsWell worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described 'gormless young man' who grew up to be a killer writer., 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., 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., "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 "Taut classic hard-boiled noir....Will leave even newcomers hungry for more." -- Publishers Weekly "Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described 'gormless young man' who grew up to be a killer writer." -- Seattle Times "This collection will delight the prize-winning author's many fans." -- Aptos Times (Aptos, CA) "Tasty like candy and a little addictive." -- Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers "This new collection of Block's early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction." -- Charlotte Observer "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

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisIn 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.

LC Classification NumberPS3552.L63O64 2008