Lawrence Block - Father's Sin

Author: Lawrence
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: I've always wanted to step into her life, but instead, I've repeatedly faced her death. The master of the hardboiled detective genre in contemporary Western literature, his works are beloved by many admirers and elite collectors. Lawrence Block, the grandmaster of detective fiction, and the Matthew Scudder series is the best detective novel of this century. –PrivateEyes While reading Matthew Scudder, I felt like I had to finish it all at once, just like reading martial arts novels as a child. – All of Lawrence Block's works are very interesting. Give me another one, Lawrence Block. –Associated Press Good book! –Stephen King This is a lonely world, she has always lived alone, only the ghost of her deceased father accompanies her. The men she gets, the men who are attracted to her, all belong to other women – those who have to go home after spending the night with her. A prostitute in Greenwich Village, New York, is stabbed to death, the entire bed turning into a sea of blood; her gay roommate, covered in blood, rushes onto the street and is arrested as the suspect, later taking his own life in prison. The girl's father finds Matthew Scudder, hoping to understand what kind of person his daughter is and why she attracted such a fate. This is one of the powerful new releases from New Star Publishing's "Midnight Library" series, which selects 150 of the purest, most classic, and most intelligent works in the history of detective fiction, making reading an entertainment, an adventure, and an intellectual training. Readers who enjoy detective fiction can also join New Star Publishing's "Midnight Club" to participate in many reading activities.
Lawrence Block, hailed as the "melancholy soul wandering in New York," has captivated many elites. Hou Xiaoxian recommended his books to Tony Leung, who expressed a desire to play one of his characters. Zhu Tianxin described Block as, "He is a master of genre fiction, as well as an unwilling, rebellious boundary-crosser." For forty years, Block has accompanied the down-and-out, stubborn Matthew Scudder, the gentleman thief Bernie Rhodenbar, the sleepless spy Ivan Tancer, and the ruthless killer Keller, witnessing the most extreme prosperity and vice of New York. Even if the murderer is exposed on the first page, it doesn't affect his works. Some say, Block's talent lies in seeing horror in the bloodshed, turning horror into suspense, and then seeking understanding within the suspense – understanding why killers kill and why victims die.