The Violent World of Parker reviews Getting Off

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...

Pornokitch.com loves Killing Castro

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

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...