Hit Man
by Lawrence BlockA man known only as Keller is thinking about Samuel Johnson's famous quote that "'patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel'.
If you looked at it objectively, he had to admit, then he was probably a scoundrel himself.
He didn't feel much like a scoun.
- First published
- 1999
- Publishers
- Ulverscroft Large Print Books
- Language
- English
About Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published in excess (oh, wretched excess!) of 100 books, and no end of short stories.Born in Buffalo, N.Y., LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies; school authorities advised him that they felt he’d be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the late 1950s, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Block’s name appeared in print was when his short story “You Can’t Lose” was published in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt. The first book published under his own name was Mona (1961); it was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death. In 2005 it became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LB’s original title, Grifter’s Game.LB is best known for his series characters, including cop-turned-private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.LB’s magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linn’s Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times. His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and The Liar’s Bible. He has also written episodic television (Tilt!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights.Several of LB’s books have been filmed. The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, stars Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September, 2014.LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association (UK). He’s also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story. In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societe 813 trophy. He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan. As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana. (But as soon as he left, they changed the locks.)LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers; the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited around 160 countries.He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note....
Books
Power for a Price
Lawrence Zhang
On Inequality and Freedom
Lawrence M. Eppard
Deadman's Castle
Iain Lawrence
Innocent in the Sicilian's Palazzo
Kim Lawrence
Introduction to Sonar Systems Engineering
Lawrence J. Ziomek
Zoom into Space
Ellen Lawrence
Trespasser Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Owning the Future
Mathew Lawrence
Ladybird Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Days of Infamy
Lawrence Goldstone
Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society
Lawrence A. Wenner
Lion Fish As Pet
Charlie LAWRENCE
Women in Love Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
NIV, Teen Study Bible, Compact, Leathersoft, Brown, Comfort Print
Lawrence O. Richards
Zoom into Space
Ellen Lawrence
Girl and the Mountain
Mark Lawrence
Second novel in the chilling and epic new fantasy series from the bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of prince of thorns and red sister.
Rainbow Illustrated
D.H Lawrence
Sons and Lovers Annotated
D.H Lawrence
Lost Girl Illustrated
D.H Lawrence
One-Hour Shakespeare
Julie Fain Lawrence
Andy and Daddy Gorilla Dyslexic Edition
Scott Lawrence Cannon
My Photography Journal
Matthew Lawrence
Sons and Lovers Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover Annotated
D. H. Lawrence
Kennedys in the World
Lawrence J. Haas
Plumed Serpent
David Herbert Lawrence
Twilight in Italy by Edgar Rice(Annotated)
D. H. Lawrence
Trespasser Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Empty Shadows
David C. Lawrence
My Hero Academia Notebook
Lawrence McGaffie
Daughter of the Vicar by Lawerance(Annotated)
David Herbert Lawrence
Twilight in Italy Illustrated
David Herbert Lawrence
Rainbow (Illustrated Edition)
D. H. Lawrence
Kangaroo Illustrated
David H. Lawrence
Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Barron's Math 360
Lawrence S. Leff
Legal Culture and the Legal Profession
Lawrence M. Friedman
How to Loose Belly Fat after Menopause
Lawrence Bobson
Linguistique en Images
Robert Lawrence Trask
Women in Love Illustrated
David Herbert Lawrence
Virgin and the Gipsy Annotated
David Herbert Lawrence
Ladybird (Illustrated)
D. H. Lawrence
Introduction to the Apocrypha
Lawrence M. Wills
Eleanor
Will Lawrence
Something Like Magic
Lawrence Milford
Kangaroo Illustrated
David H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers Illustrated
D.H Lawrence
Sicilian Carousel
Lawrence Durrell
Lose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic mediterranean island of sicily by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of the durrells in corfu.
Indignant Generation
Lawrence P. Jackson
Ladybird Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Daily Planner Expectant Parents Ideas
Stephanie LAWRENCE
Fox Annotated
David Herbert Lawrence
Rainbow Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
D. H. Lawrence
EAT, a Novel
Lawrence W. Distasi
Antonio Lawrence
Antonio Antonio Lawrence
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