- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Avon (Nov 10 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 006158214X
- ISBN-13: 978-0061582141
- Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #439,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Taut classic hard-boiled noir....Will leave even newcomers hungry for more.” (Publishers Weekly )
“This collection will delight the prize-winning author’s many fans.” (Aptos Times (Aptos, CA) )
“It’s interesting to observe his skills progressing and no doubt inspiring to would-be writers....If your taste runs to cheap detectives, cheaper crooks, and D-cup damsels, One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is for you.” (Library Journal )
“Tasty like candy and a little addictive.” (Associated Press )
“These early Block writings deftly capture the flavor and attitudes of an era when crime ran rampant in the city....Block is in fine form.” (Lansing State Journal )
“Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described ‘gormless young man’ who grew up to be a killer writer.” (Seattle Times )
“This new collection of Block’s early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction.” (Charlotte Observer )
“This collection will delight the prize-winning author’s many fans.” (Aptos Times (Aptos, CA) )
“It’s interesting to observe his skills progressing and no doubt inspiring to would-be writers....If your taste runs to cheap detectives, cheaper crooks, and D-cup damsels, One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is for you.” (Library Journal )
“Tasty like candy and a little addictive.” (Associated Press )
“These early Block writings deftly capture the flavor and attitudes of an era when crime ran rampant in the city....Block is in fine form.” (Lansing State Journal )
“Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described ‘gormless young man’ who grew up to be a killer writer.” (Seattle Times )
“This new collection of Block’s early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction.” (Charlotte Observer )
Product Description
In the era before he created moody private investigator Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, sleepless spy Evan Tanner, and the amiable hit man Keller—and years before his first Edgar Award—a young writer named Lawrence Block submitted a story titled "You Can't Lose" to Manhunt magazine. It was published, and the rest is history.
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is a sterling collection of short crime fiction and suspense novelettes penned between 1958 and 1962 by a budding young master and soon-to-be Grand Master—an essential slice of genre history, and more fun than a high-speed police chase following a bank job gone bad.
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2.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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For Hard Core Block Fans Only, May 12 2010
By observer22 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Night Stands And Lost Weekends (Paperback)
25 short stories written by Lawrence Block when he was around 20 years old are the backbone of this book, they were written in one sitting so are referred to by the author as "one night stands." Most of these have an almost high school feel to them an are less than entertaining. Three approximate 50 page stories are included, one is good, one is fair and one is not so good. Block developed into a powerhouse however this should be for his most hard core fans only, seek out "The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories" instead.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great pulp, Jun 1 2009
By J. Sweet "jsweetcards" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Night Stands And Lost Weekends (Paperback)
Great example of vintage pulp writing. The shorts get repetitive if you read them one after another, but they were never intended to be read that way. The Lost Cases of Ed London really stand out as classic hard-boiled detective writing. This is a character I would love to see Block revive.
3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Chick Lit For Men, Mar 9 2009
By Tanya Griffin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Night Stands And Lost Weekends (Paperback)
Quick short stories. His writing style is similar to the National Enquirer the stories resembling a True Crime tale. All of the stories were pretty much the same; guy kills his wife, wife kills husband, two bit hood pulls a fast one...all awful. The two long stories at the end were OK or I would not have given it any stars at all. I guess the book is a male version of chick lit.
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