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A Drop of the Hard Stuff

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Facing his demons in his first year of sobriety, Matthew Scudder finds himself on the trail of a killer. When Scudder's childhood friend Jack Ellery is murdered, presumably while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder reluctantly begins his own investigation, with just one lead: Ellery's Alcoholics Anonymous list of people he wronged. One of them may be a killer, but that's not necessarily Scudder's greatest danger. Immersing himself in Ellery's world may lead him right back to the bar stool. In a novel widely celebrated by critics and readers, Lawrence Block circle back to how it all began, reestablishing the Matthew Scudder series as one of the pinnacles of American detective fiction. "Right up there with Mr. Block's best . . . A Drop of Hard Stuff keeps us guessing." -- Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

About the Author :
Lawrence Block is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master who has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards and countless international prizes. The author of more than 50 books, he lives in New York City.

Review :
"A satisfyingly adult story, with a believable number of false starts and lose ends, as it pays tribute to the power of persistence and acceptance."--Columbus Dispatch "A Great American Crime Novel ... good to the last drop. Totally gripping. The perfect introduction to Scudder's shadow-strewn world and the pleasures of Block's crisp yet brooding prose, [and] a bracing distillation of Block's powers."--Time "Block is a mesmerizing raconteur ... elegiac ... a lament for all the old familiar things that are now almost lost, almost forgotten."--The New York Times Book Review "Genius...the prose, as always, is like the club soda Scudder sips in the opening pages: cool, fizzy, and completely refreshing."--Booklist, starred review "Hypnotic. You don't realize you're being sucked in until - BANG! - the plot thickens and suddenly you can't put it down. Another solid entry in the in one of mystery's most reliable series."--www.SpinetinglerMag.com "Intriguing. Strong characterization and great eye for atmospheric detail makes his latest effort a dark but enjoyable tale."--Lansing State Journal "Lonesome, wintry, and compassionate . . . guaranteed to get under your skin."--Kirkus Reviews "Moving ... elegiac ... right up there with Mr. Block's best."--Wall Street Journal "One of the finest in the entire Scudder series ... highly recommended."--Entertainment Weekly "Pensive and philosophical, at times bleak, and at others surprisingly warm and human ... as rich and rewarding as it is devastating ... if you haven't read any of the Scudder books yet, this might be the perfect way to introduce yourself to one of crime fiction's most enduring characters."--www.PulpSerenade.com "Powerful...Block's pitch-perfect prose bolsters the elegiac plot. Accessible to first-timers, this book should add many more fans to the author's considerable following." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Smart and cunning ... reminds us that the really good writers can make even familiar situations seem newfound and energized."--Tampa Tribune "Sometimes you open a novel and you just know you're in the hands of a master. In the case of Lawrence Block's latest Matt Scudder mystery, the tipoff is a brazenly simple plot premise, faultlessly executed...Like a lot of great mystery fiction, A Drop of the Hard Stuff is also a ghost story. Matt's attempt to exorcise his phantoms results in a classic tale about the stubborn persistence of memory and regret."--NPR "There is really only one writer of mystery and detective fiction who comes close to replacing the irreplaceable John D. MacDonald ...The writer is Lawrence Block."--Stephen King


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780316127332
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
  • Height: 248 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Width: 165 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0316127337
  • Publisher Date: 12 May 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 540 gr


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