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Block, L: Tanz im Schlachthof


en Paperback – 12 dec 2019
"Herausragend", schrieb die Chicago Tribune über Tanz im Schlachthof und lobte es als "eine extrem spannende, raffiniert konstruierte und milieusichere Studie über Perversion und Zufall, die immer wieder unvorhergesehene Wendungen nimmt". Tanz im Schlachthof , der neunte Roman mit Lawrence Blocks fesselndster Figur Matthew Scudder, bietet tiefe Einblicke in die dunkelsten Bereiche einer dunklen Stadt. Scudder hat inzwischen dem Alkohol abgeschworen, lebt aber immer noch in demselben spartanischen Hotelzimmer und verdient sich das Geld, das er zum Leben braucht, als Privatdetektiv, der, wie er es selbst nennt, "Freunden hin und wieder einen Gefallen tut". Auslöser des Geschehens ist Lyman Warriner, dessen Schwester Amanda Opfer eines brutalen Mordes wurde. Warriner ist fest davon überzeugt, dass der Mörder Richard Thurman ist, Amandas Mann. Scudders Ermittlungen führen ihn in New Yorks bedrückendste Ecken, unter anderem auch auf den Times Square in seinen schlimmsten Zeiten. Dort trifft er auf TJ, einen gewieftenJugendlichen, der im weiteren Verlauf der Serie eine tragende Rolle spielen wird. Auch Elaine Mardell, deren Beziehung zu Matt sich vertieft hat, ist wieder mit dabei. Und am Ende kommt Mick Ballou noch ins Spiel. Die Handlung lässt einen nicht mehr los, das Ende ist hochdramatisch und verstörend. Sie werden es nicht vergessen. "Schockierend", schrieb Marilyn Stasio in der New York Times Book Review. "Ebenso düster wie packend." Entertainment Weekly bezeichnet das Buch als einen "ebenso bedrückenden wie gekonnt geschriebenen Thriller". Und Matthew Scudder, heißt es weiter, "hat sich zu einem perfekten Noir-Helden entwickelt".
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781951939533
ISBN-10: 1951939530
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 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.