by Admin | Apr 25, 2014 | Books, Borderline, Non-Series Novels, Reviews
A long time ago I said that Lawrence Block writes the best sentences in the business. I don’t see any reason to change my mind. Click here to read the full review
by Admin | Apr 25, 2014 | Books, Borderline, Non-Series Novels, Reviews
Hard Case Crime has done it again. Borderline, an obscure title from Lawrence Block’s enormous and ever-growing body of work, is more than just a rare curio—it’s a shocking novel from a then twenty-three year old writer. Shocking not only for its risqué...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Borderline, Non-Series Novels, Reviews
Hard Case Crime continues to resurrect Block’s early work, often written pseudonymously, from the 1950s and early ’60s. Gleefully mixing soft-core pornography with a thriller plot, Block churned out numerous of these bound-for-the-drugstore-paperback-rack quickies as...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Interviews + Guest Blogs, News + Events, Short Stories
This post includes commentary from author T.E. Grau, an interview with LB, and his short story, LIKE A BONE IN THE THROAT. To call him a giant in contemporary Noir and crime literature doesn’t seem up to snuff. In the last 55 years that Mr. Block has been...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2014 | Commentary, Interviews + Guest Blogs, Likes to Read
In this article, originally published in Mystery Scene in 2010, LB talks about Charles Willeford. In the summer of 1985, Lynne and I moved from New York to Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. After we’d been there a few months, I...
by LB | Apr 8, 2014 | Newsletter
Mixing memory with desire… That’s April’s job, according to T. S. Eliot, when it’s not otherwise occupied breeding lilacs out of the dead land. He labeled it the cruelest month, although I’d say that’s a hotly contested honor, with...
