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Terrible Tommy Terhune Kindle Edition

by Lawrence Block (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

“Terrible Tommy Terhune” came about because Otto Penzler wanted a tennis story for an anthology he was preparing. I thought about it, and found myself drawn to one of the sport’s brightest lights, blessed with talent and cursed with an ungovernable temper. I imagined what steps he might take to cope with it, and what might happen if one of them were actually to work.

Many years ago, a golfer famous for the number of clubs he’d broken over his knee bore the soubriquet of “Terrible Tommy Bolt.” With a little added alliteration, that gave me a name for my protagonist and a title for my story. Otto expressed his enthusiasm, and I slated the story for inclusion in my omnibus collection, Enough Rope, knowing Otto would have plenty of time to publish it first in his anthology.

But he had publisher problems, and Murder is My Racquet was considerably delayed. Enough Rope appeared, and Otto protested that he couldn’t use the story now, as his book was to contain only previously unpublished stories. So could I write another?

I did, and sent him “A Vision in White,” a very different story, but one that also centered on the game of tennis. And he said it was fine, and then he evidently forgot the whole exchange, because when Murder is My Racquet finally appeared, there was “Terrible Tommy Terhune” among its contents, with “A Vision in White” nowhere to be found. (So I sold it to Ellery Queen, and subsequently made it available online.)
Some readers will recognize the African healer, Atuele; he appeared previously in “Hilliard’s Ceremony.”

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005E846N0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lawrence Block (July 22, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 22, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 165 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 22 pages

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Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published more than 100 books, and no end of short stories.

LB is best known for his series characters, including Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, and Keller. LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.

His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years and led to a series of books for writers. He has also written television and film screenplays. Several of LB’s books have been filmed, including A Walk Among the Tombstones.

LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards, the Japanese Maltese Falcon award, 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 of the UK, been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir, and has been awarded the Société 813 trophy.