One Night Stands and Lost Weekends

"Tasty like candy and a little addictive." -- Associated Press "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."--Library Journal "This collection will delight the prize-winning author's many fans."--Aptos Times (Aptos, CA) "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."--Lansing State Journal "Tasty like candy and a little addictive."--Associated Press "Taut classic hard-boiled noir....Will leave even newcomers hungry for more."--Publishers Weekly "This new collection of Block's early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction."--Charlotte Observer "Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described 'gormless young man' who grew up to be a killer writer."--Seattle Times 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. --Library Journal" Taut classic hard-boiled noir....Will leave even newcomers hungry for more. --Publishers Weekly" Well worth resurrecting as the portrait of a self-described gormless young man who grew up to be a killer writer. --Seattle Times" This collection will delight the prize-winning author s many fans. --Aptos Times (Aptos, CA)" Tasty like candy and a little addictive. --Associated Press" This new collection of Block s early stories will delight fans of hard-boiled detective fiction. --Charlotte Observer" 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. --Lansing State Journal"