Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in the city of New York. Except a young prostitute named Kim—and she wanted out. Maybe Kim didn't deserve the life fate had dealt her. She surely didn't deserve her death. The alcoholic ex-cop turned P.I. was supposed to protect her, but someone slashed her to ribbons in a seedy hotel room. Now, finding Kim's killer will be Scudder's penance. But there are lethal secrets hiding in the slain hooker's past that are far dirtier than her trade. And there are many ways of dying in this cruel and dangerous town—some quick and brutal . . . and some agonizingly slow. With this book, which won the Shamus Award and was short-listed for the Edgar, Lawrence Block elevated the Matthew Scudder series to the top tier of American detective fiction. This special hardcover edition features an afterword by the author. Read Eight Million Ways to Die , the novel that proves Block to be one of the best mystery writers working today.
劳伦斯·布洛克生于1938年,在上世纪50年代开始写小说。布洛克最早出版的小说《睡不着觉的密探》(1966年)主角是一位名叫伊凡·谭纳的密探,因为在朝鲜战争中脑部受伤,再也无法睡眠,这个角色在之后的系列中不断地出现,最新的是1998年的《冰上的谭纳》。布洛克还有其他受欢迎的系列,比如“杀手凯勒”系列和以纽约二手书商兼盗贼罗登巴尔为主角的“雅贼”系列。
主要著作有:《睡不着觉的密探》、《父之罪》、《在死亡之中》、《谋杀与创造之时》、《别无选择的贼》、《刀锋之先》、《恶魔预知死亡》、《小城》、《死亡的渴望》等。
文_谢长留 套用一句过气网络流行语:哥写的不是谋杀,是寂寞。 整部小说,论语言,无可挑剔;论节奏,完美无缺;论内容,天衣无缝。这就是布洛克小说的绝妙之处。不变的马修,万变的谋杀案。 这个城市有八百万人,所以有八百万种死法。 有人因为煤气罐爆炸一命呜呼; 有人因为...
评分文/宝木笑 1982年,阴冷潮湿的纽约,劳伦斯•布洛克在一个更加阴冷潮湿的地下室疯狂地敲着打字机。他从地下室那扇狗洞一般的小窗户里,看到行色匆匆的人们的小腿,他狂灌着咖啡,也许还带着恨吧。几年前他戒了烟,后来他又戒了酒,在这样阴冷潮湿的天气里,在这样阴冷潮湿的...
评分“我叫马修,我是个酒鬼,今天我无话可说。” 整部小说都在一种自我挣扎中铺陈开来。布洛克有意淡化了小说情节的跌宕与推理的缜密,更在意的是情绪的渲染。马修的自我内心的描写占据了小说很大的篇幅,而就在这种内心的矛盾中,读者很容易就被布洛克带入了马修的世...
评分 评分每个人的生命都是注定的,每个人的生活都是独一无二的,每个人的一生都是别人无法复制的,当然,每个人的死法也是绝不相同的。 每个人都有自己的生活方式,按照自己的心意过着自认为优秀、高雅却又略显低调的生活,不希望他人来指手画脚,每个人的人生观和价值观不同,“自我”...
“My life was an ice floe that had broken up at sea, with the different chunks floating off in different directions”
评分“My life was an ice floe that had broken up at sea, with the different chunks floating off in different directions”
评分My name is Matt, I'm an alcoholic.
评分My name is Matt, I'm an alcoholic.
评分“My life was an ice floe that had broken up at sea, with the different chunks floating off in different directions”
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