The Violent World of Parker reviews Getting Off

by | Aug 24, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews

Only a writer of Block’s skill could have pulled off (so to speak) this parade of red and white bodily fluids. Depending on what he wants to do with a scene, it can be erotic, disturbing, hilarious, terrifying, or any combination thereof. Is the novel entirely...

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Reading…

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Jill Emerson

August 23, 2011 The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society Gets Off on Getting Off: “Our first meeting last Friday in Sheep’s Meadow in Central Park was a success. Everyone started reading Getting Off, a new novel by Lawrence Block that hasn’t hit the...

Pornokitch.com loves Killing Castro

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Non-Series Novels, Reviews

Lawrence Block’s Killing Castro (2009) is a prime example of why Hard Case Crime is such an exceptional publisher. A properly “lost” book, Killing Castro first (and last) saw print in 1961 (as Fidel Castro Assassinated), written under the pseudonym...

Gerald So reviews Getting Off

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews

Block, known for the hard-boiled Matt Scudder books, the comedic Bernie Rhodenbarr books, the adventurous Evan Tanner books, et cetera, et cetera, also wrote erotic novels under various pseudonyms including Jill Emerson. He returns to the persona of Emerson for his...

Five Stars for Anne Campbell Clark!

by | Aug 20, 2011 | Anne Campbell Clarke

  Here’s a review just posted on Amazon by “Voracious Reader.” It’s hugely satisfying to me, not just because it may induce some readers to become acquainted with this early work of mine, but because it demonstrates the way ePublishing and...