Rate this book

One Night Stands And Lost Weekends (2008)

by Lawrence Block(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

006158214X (ISBN13: 9780061582141)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: I was very glad to get this as a gift, and very glad to read it--but it's terrible. Aside from a couple early Ed London stories showing the beginnings of Matt Scudder, a passable sci-fi story, and a not-bad story he rewrote later, it's bad. Unless you like many laughable sexual metaphors (and similes), women who repeatedly twist sweaters out of shape (and do many other magic tricks with their breasts) and men who talk tough at great length to little purpose, read anything else he wrote first.
review 2: The Ed London stories are pretty good. They've got the standard pulp/noir ingredients that fans of magazines like Manhunt expect. Same with the short stories that take up the first half of the book. This kind of book is strictly for readers who like old-fashion... moreed men's magazines type stories. I think the short stories are best enjoyed in very small doses. It's taken me a couple of years to read this book. And I did like the introductions by Lawrence Block. less

Download links for: One Night Stands and Lost Weekends

Advertising