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After Hours: Conversations With Lawrence Block

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Since 1958, Lawrence Block has been producing some of the best work in the mystery field: searing private eye novels, effervescent capers, and fascinating plunges into the depths of the criminal mind, all written in a unique and irresistable voice. In AFTER HOURS, Block submits to a series of intimate interviews about his characters and themes, his life, and his craft. From anecdotes about the vanished world of pulp mystery publishing to serious thoughts about how the best mystery novels transcend the genre, Block offers much that will be of interest to his readers. Also included in the book are a complete Block bibliography and the first reprinting in 40 years of Block's first short story, "You Can't Lose." AFTER HOURS may not be compelling for the casual Block reader, but for the hardcore fan it is a must.

below chats up block - surely a magazine article but a book! there are some intersting tidbits along the lines of "do you write in your underwear" but for real understanding of block the reader must search elsewhere. below even shows lack of knowledge of some book contents perhaps it's not below's failt. the genre should never have been invented. block even comments on this in the course of the interview but below doesn't even pick up on it. as a source of blockian humor ok.