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Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block (2011, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316127337
ISBN-139780316127332
eBay Product ID (ePID)99514113
Product Key Features
Book TitleDrop of the Hard Stuff
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Thrillers / Psychological, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publication Year2011
GenreFiction
AuthorLawrence Block
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
ReviewsThe prose, as always, is like the club soda Scudder sips in the opening pages: cool, fizzy, and completely refreshing., 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., 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., Smart and cunning ... reminds us that the really good writers can make even familiar situations seem newfound and energized., 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., 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., Block is a mesmerizing raconteur ... elegiac ... a lament for all the old familiar things that are now almost lost, almost forgotten., 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., 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 Stuffis also a ghost story. Matt's attempt to exorcise his phantoms results in a classic tale about the stubborn persistence of memory and regret., Genius...the prose, as always, is like the club soda Scudder sips in the opening pages: cool, fizzy, and completely refreshing., 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., Intriguing. Strong characterization and great eye for atmospheric detail makes his latest effort a dark but enjoyable tale., 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., 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.
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisFacing 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, "Right up there with Mr. Block's best....A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF keeps us guessing."--Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal 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.
LC Classification NumberPS3552.L63D76 2011
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- Apr 27, 2016
Not the best with Matthew Scudder, but OK
This is nowhere near as good as "When the Sacred Gin Mill Closes" or another earlier M.S. novel I read. It clearly lays out the lifestyle of a committed AA practitioner but that cuts into the flow of the mystery side of this book. It is as hard to recommend this as it is to go the other way. I would imagine, to paraphrase Lincoln, "If you like this sort of thing then this is the sort of thing you will like." Certainly intend to continue going through the M.S. series of books by Lawrence Block and other of his recurring protagonists but hope this is not representative of the rest of them. On the other hand, if someone were falling into alcoholism, it is a vivid picture of what kind of commitment it would take to fight your way back to and maintain one's sobriety. Me, I don't drink & more glad than ever I didn't head that way. Still it's Matthew Scudder, lot's there to like in the end. DHVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 16, 2020
Fit in with the series
I'm a big fan of the author, Lawrence BlockVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 25, 2019
old school detective story
just a great story. old school gum shoe.bad bad guyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
