The Specialists " Signed "

Block, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 0964045435 / ISBN 13: 9780964045439

Published by James Cahill Publishing, 1996

About this Item

1996. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Signed by the author on the title page, signature only. An excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

Seller Inventory # 11577

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Specialists " Signed "
• Publisher: James Cahill Publishing
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964045435
• ISBN 13: 9780964045439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Parks, Phil
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Book Type: Hardback
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

Albert Platt is a rotten man. Bred in the rough parts of Brooklyn, he made his name as a killer and has built a fortune from gambling, loan sharking, and the other pastimes of a standard thug. His latest gambit? Buying banks, robbing them, and collecting the insurance. He?s a hard man, and no one ever stood in his way until he brushed up against Eddie Manso.

About the Author

Lawrence Block is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and a New York Times bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series and dozens of short stories and articles. He has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards, two Falcon Awards from the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan, the Nero and Philip Marlowe Awards, the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of America, and many others. Aside from being a mystery writer, he has also written a number of episodes for television, including two episodes of the ESPN series Tilt; he also cowrote the screenplay for the film My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones. Block currently lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.

Fred Sullivan is an actor and an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has played over one hundred roles as an award-winning resident actor at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. He is resident director at Gamm Theatre and teaches acting at the Rhode Island School of Design.