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OverviewBattling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder--just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lawrence Block , Lawrence BlockPublisher: Blackstone Publishing Imprint: Blackstone Publishing Volume: 5 Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781609989668ISBN 10: 160998966 Pages: 10 Publication Date: 15 May 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsBlock's latest novel is both a rousing private-eye story and an extended meditation on the whimsical ways of death--through freak accident, premeditated murder, and self-destruction...A magnificently plotted, sensitive portrayal of two kinds of death--the kind that comes as an intruder and the kind that comes as an invited guest. -- Booklist (starred review) By the end of the last [track], you can't imagine anyone else impersonating Scudder. -- AudioFile Lawrence Block writes a tight story. Not a lot of chaff. Scudder stumbles, Scudder falls, Scudder makes mistakes. He's everyman trying to solve a murder. He is tenacious, amassing clues until he finally figures it out. Once a police officer, Matthew Scudder is a student of police procedure, and finding murderers as a PI (but not really a private detective; he has no license) is the same as finding them as a cop. Without the badge. -- Voices.Yahoo.com Superb...An exceptional novel...Remarkably rich in plot, character development, and crackling dialogue. -- San Diego Union-Tribune Author InformationLawrence Block, a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, is a four-time winner of the Edgar and Shamus Awards. He is the author of more than fifty books, among them the Matthew Scudder mysteries The Sins of the Fathers and A Stab in the Dark. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |