by Admin | Jul 20, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Non-Series Novels
DEADLY HONEYMOON It wasn’t my idea. The premise of Deadly Honeymoon, that is. It was Don Westlake’s idea, and I remember the evening he recounted it to me. My then–wife and I were at an upper flat in Brooklyn’s remote Canarsie section, where Don and his...
by Admin | Jul 20, 2011 | Keller, Reviews
Smart, witty and unabashedly take charge, Lawrence Block’s Keller is my newest crime-fiction crush. Click here to read the review
by Admin | Jul 19, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Midcentury Erotica
Two months ago, I shared a stage at the Belmont CA library with Robert Silverberg, the legendary science-fiction Grand Master. While Bob and I found success in different genres, we shared a past in the overwrought field of Midcentury Erotica, and that’s what we...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Non-Series Novels
A little more than a month after I posted the following KILLING CASTRO afterthought, I found this remarkable review on the website pornokitsch.com. KILLING CASTRO In February or March of 1961, my then–wife and I were living in a spacious apartment in a luxury...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2011 | Matthew Scudder, Reviews
A Drop of the Hard Stuff goes down smooth and has a complex, satisfying finish. It’s been six years since Lawrence Block last gave us a Scudder book; let’s hope we needn’t wait that long for him to pour another round. Click here to read the post
by Admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
So go and make room on your bookshelf now. Block is back, Jill Emerson is back, HCC is back, Scudder too is back, and the sexual revolution is back. And it’s a killer. Click here to read the post
