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"I would urge other writers, at whatever point in their careers, to take the time to read this indispensable handbook....Telling Lies for Fun & Profit should be a permanent part of every writer's library."-- From the Introduction by Sue Grafton Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career. From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline and "creative procrastination," through coping with rejections, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit is an invaluable sourcebook of information. It is a must read for anyone serious about writing or understanding how the process works.
Drawing on his experience in creating fictional bad guys, crime
novelist Lawrence Block surveys the underside of American history
through fifty of its most infamous characters. Some, like Jesse
James, Bonnie Parker, and Joe Colombo, led a life of crime; others,
like John Wilkes Booth and John White Webster, committed one
notorious act. Some, like Pretty Boy Floyd or the elusive thief
Railroad Bill, have become folk heroes, whether or not the real
details of their lives matched the myths they inspired. Others,
like Ed Gein and Ted Bundy, will be forever reviled.
Block introduces each biography with a writer's eye for character
and a good story. He begins the book with a short essay that
considers how Americans have defined and regarded villains through
history.
The biographies, culled from the pages of the American National
Biography and illustrated with archival photographs, describe each
villain's background, exploits, and eventual fate--often with
unexpected details. The convicted killer Nathan Leopold, for
example, became the administrator of a leprosy hospital after his
parole. The gangster Dutch Schultz was known not only for his
bootlegging expertise but also for his cheap, ill-fitting clothes.
The stagecoach bandit Black Bart fancied himself a poet (or, as he
put it, "PO8"). And when outlaw Bill Doolin finally met his end,
only a rusting buggy axle marked his grave.
Ideal for readers of true crime, crime fiction, and history,
Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves brings a fresh
perspective to American's fascination with crime and its
perpetrators.
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Lawrence Block
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Keller is a regular guy. He goes to the movies, works on his stamp collection. Call him for jury duty and he serves without complaint. Then every so often he gets a phone call from White Plains that sends him flying off somewhere to kill a perfect stranger. Keller is a pro and very good at what he does. But the jobs have started to go wrong. The realization is slow coming yet, when it arrives, it is irrefutable: Someone out there is trying to hit the hit man. Keller, God help him, has found his way onto somebody else's hit list.
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Lawrence Block; Contributions by Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates
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