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.
勞倫斯·布洛剋生於1938年,在上世紀50年代開始寫小說。布洛剋最早齣版的小說《睡不著覺的密探》(1966年)主角是一位名叫伊凡·譚納的密探,因為在朝鮮戰爭中腦部受傷,再也無法睡眠,這個角色在之後的係列中不斷地齣現,最新的是1998年的《冰上的譚納》。布洛剋還有其他受歡迎的係列,比如“殺手凱勒”係列和以紐約二手書商兼盜賊羅登巴爾為主角的“雅賊”係列。
主要著作有:《睡不著覺的密探》、《父之罪》、《在死亡之中》、《謀殺與創造之時》、《彆無選擇的賊》、《刀鋒之先》、《惡魔預知死亡》、《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...
評分文/击节 昨晚下了一场大雨。单位的小楼里寥廖落落没几个人。我关上门,坐下,只开一盏小灯,戴上耳机,静静地发愣。直到喝上那口毛尖,才又想起大约一个月前的这个时候,让我长久发愣的,有一个叫劳伦斯布洛克的人。 “纽约,有八百万人口,有八百万个故事,...
評分 評分文/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...
評分“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...
“My life was an ice floe that had broken up at sea, with the different chunks floating off in different directions”
评分作為一本偵探小說來說,可以說是虎頭蛇尾瞭。不過作為一組紐約眾生相,足夠精彩
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 life was an ice floe that had broken up at sea, with the different chunks floating off in different directions”
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