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MysteryPeople on Scudder
MysteryPeople has a double-barreled review of EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE and IN THE MIDST OF DEATH: In The Midst Of Death and Eight Million Ways to Die are both great examples of the jagged character arc Matthew Scudder travels in this series. Block realizes that even...
My Buddy Akalitus
With a new season of Nurse Jackie starting soon, I thought it might be worth repeating this post. I never did get to the set, but I live in hope... On a Sunday evening a little over a month ago, my Frequent Companion and I were on our way to the Encores! production of...
It might as well be Wednesday…
It might as well be spring, too, as Oscar Hammerstein wrote, though that's not at all what it feels like outside. But if you're as restless as a willow in a windstorm, or as giddy as a baby on a swing, maybe I can help. Even if it's a couple of days too late to be...
Tricks of the Trade
Sometime in 1969, I walked into the office of my agent, Henry Morrison, and announced that I had a million-dollar idea. "I'm going to tell you the title and the subtitle," I said. "Tricks of the Trade: a Hooker's Handbook of Sexual Technique." Henry reached for the...