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Block, L: Am Rand des Abgrunds


en Paperback – 12 dec 2019
Am Rand des Abgrunds ist der siebte Roman mit Lawrence Blocks fesselndster Figur, Matthew Scudder. Von heftigen Schuldgefühlen geplagt, hat er Frau und Kinder verlassen und den Dienst quittiert, um in einem Hotel in New Yorks Hell¿s Kitchen zu hausen und sich in seiner Stammkneipe, Jimmy Armstrong¿s Saloon, vorwiegend von Kaffee und Bourbon zu ernähren. Inzwischen ist er trocken - wohnt aber weiterhin in seinem spartanischen Hotelzimmer und verdient sich das wenige Geld, das er zum Leben braucht, als Privatdetektiv, der, wie er es selbst nennt, „Freunden hin und wieder einen Gefallen tut". Am Rand des Abgrunds dreht sich um zwei Fälle. Einer davon fällt Scudder eher ungebeten in den Schoß, als ein Mann, den er bei seinen Anonyme-Alkoholiker-Treffen unter die Fittiche genommen hat, in seinem möblierten Zimmer tot aufgefunden wird, augenscheinlich ein Opfer autoerotischer Asphyxiation. Zugleich wird Scudder von den Eltern einer angehenden Schauspielerin engagiert, ihre spurlos verschwundene Tochter ausfindig zu machen. „Treffsichere Dialoge und authentische Milieuschilderungen", schrieb die New York Times. „Sowohl Blocks als auch Scudders Sinn fürs Detail ist so scharf wie eh und je, die Figuren zum Anfassen realistisch." „Ein Knaller", urteilte der Philadelphia Inquirer über Am Rand des Abgrunds, die New York Daily News schwärmte: „Ein absoluter Volltreffer."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781951939519
ISBN-10: 1951939514
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: LB Productions

Notă biografică

Lawrence Block (b. 1938) is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and an internationally renowned bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series as well as dozens of short stories, articles, and books on writing. He has won four Edgar and Shamus Awards, two Falcon Awards from the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan, the Nero and Philip Marlowe Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of the United Kingdom. In France, he has been awarded the title Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice received the Societe 813 trophy. Born in Buffalo, New York, Block attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Leaving school before graduation, he moved to New York City, a locale that features prominently in most of his works. His earliest published writing appeared in the 1950s, frequently under pseudonyms, and many of these novels are now considered classics of the pulp fiction genre. During his early writing years, Block also worked in the mailroom of a publishing house and reviewed the submission slush pile for a literary agency. He has cited the latter experience as a valuable lesson for a beginning writer. Block's first short story, "You Can't Lose," was published in 1957 in Manhunt, the first of dozens of short stories and articles that he would publish over the years in publications including American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and the New York Times. His short fiction has been featured and reprinted in over eleven collections including Enough Rope (2002), which is comprised of eighty-four of his short stories. In 1966, Block introduced the insomniac protagonist Evan Tanner in the novel The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. Block's diverse heroes also include the urbane and witty bookseller--and thief-on-the-side--Bernie Rhodenbarr; the gritty recovering alcoholic and private investigator Matthew Scudder; and Chip Harrison, the comical assistant to a private investigator with a Nero Wolfe fixation who appears in No Score, Chip Harrison Scores Again, Make Out with Murder, and The Topless Tulip Caper. Block has also written several short stories and novels featuring Keller, a professional hit man. Block's work is praised for his richly imagined and varied characters and frequent use of humor. A father of three daughters, Block lives in New York City with his second wife, Lynne. When he isn't touring or attending mystery conventions, he and Lynne are frequent travelers, as members of the Travelers' Century Club for nearly a decade now, and have visited about 150 countries.