However, I highly recommend his early paperback originals,
both under
his own name and, especially, as Paul Kavanaugh (which have
since been
reprinted under Block's name). Under his name, Mona, Deadly
Honeymoon
and The Girl with the Long Green Heart are all very good.
The
Kavanaughs are even more hardboiled. Such Men are Dangerous,
a
first-person narrative by "Paul Kavanaugh' is one of the most
hardboiled
books I've read, about a veteran (a sniper, as I recall) who
is rejected
by the CIA for being too sociopathic, but is recrutied for
one job (or
is he?). He makes Richard Stark's Parker seem warm.
Mark
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