by Admin | Aug 27, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
“Some will think it’s genius. Some will enjoy it for the spectacle without necessarily thinking it’s great art…Some will think it’s trash…Only a writer of Block’s skill could have pulled off (so to speak) this parade of red and white bodily fluids....
by Admin | 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...
by LB | 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...
by Admin | 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...
by Admin | 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...
by Admin | Aug 22, 2011 | Interviews + Guest Blogs, Jill Emerson
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