CONTEMPORARY CRIME CLASSICS: AFTERTHOUGHTS [Signed]

Block, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 1613160291 / ISBN 13: 9781613160299

Published by Mysterious Bookshop, New York, New York, 2011

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Octavo, 245 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is maroon with silver lettering. Boards have mils shelving wear along spine head. Signed flat by Lawrence Block on title page. Shelved . 1387244. Special Collections.

Seller Inventory # 1387244

Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONTEMPORARY CRIME CLASSICS: AFTERTHOUGHTS [Signed]
• Publisher: Mysterious Bookshop, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613160291
• ISBN 13: 9781613160299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

Lawrence Block on AFTERTHOUGHTS 2.0:AFTERTHOUGHTS began in 2011, when I first began self-publishing titles from my voluminous backlist. I packed it with forewords and afterwords and essays and articles about the work, and arranged for its distribution as an ebook. Here's wwhat the publisher had to day about it at the "In a career spanning more than fifty years, Lawrence Block has produced more than one hundred books, ranging in genre from hard-boiled detective stories to pseudonymous erotica. Collected here for the first time are more than forty-five afterwords from the works that made him a master of modern fiction. Each afterword is an insightful reflection on the experiences that have brought Block’s fiction to life, from the lessons he learned as a reader at a literary agency to the unlikely—and semi-autobiographical—origins of the acclaimed Matthew Scudder series. Witty and inspiring, Afterthoughts is a must-read for Block fans and mystery lovers alike."The book was well-received. Then, five years later, my relationship with an online publisher had run its course, and the useful little book went out of print. I kept thinking I ought to do something about it, but I kept finding other things to do.Now I've finally put in the hours to update and expand it, and I've called the result VERSION 2.0. I think you'll find it at least intermittently informative and entertaining, and hope it may lead you to make the acquaintance of some of my less familiar work.