{"product_id":"9780061582141","title":"One Night Stands and Lost Weekends","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne Night Stands and Lost Weekends\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lawrence Block\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the era before he created moody private investigator  Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, sleepless spy Evan Tanner, and the amiable hit man Keller—and years before his first Edgar Award—a young writer named Lawrence Block submitted a story titled \"You Can't Lose\" to \u003cem\u003eManhunt\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. It was published, and the rest is history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne Night Stands and Lost Weekends\u003c\/em\u003e is a sterling collection of short crime fiction and suspense novelettes penned between 1958 and 1962 by a budding young master and soon-to-be Grand Master—an essential slice of genre history, and more fun than a high-speed police chase following a bank job gone bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“It’s interesting to observe his skills progressing and no doubt inspiring to would-be writers....If your taste runs to cheap detectives, cheaper crooks, and D-cup damsels, One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is for you.”\u003cbr\u003e“Taut classic hard-boiled noir....Will leave even newcomers hungry for more.”\u003cbr\u003e“Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described ‘gormless young man’ who grew up to be a killer writer.”\u003cbr\u003e“This collection will delight the prize-winning author’s many fans.”\u003cbr\u003e“Tasty like candy and a little addictive.”\u003cbr\u003e“This new collection of Block’s early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction.”\u003cbr\u003e“These early Block writings deftly capture the flavor and attitudes of an era when crime ran rampant in the city....Block is in fine form.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061582141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41049216712910,"sku":"9780061582141","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061582141.jpg?v=1648091522","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061582141","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}