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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto:owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca]On
> Behalf Of Mark Sullivan
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 11:44 PM
> To: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Lawrence Block
>
>
> The Triumph of Evil is one of three books Lawrence
Block
> wrote under the
> name Paul Kavanagh. The first of these, Such Men Are
Dangerous, was
> purportedly the autobiography of Paul Kavanagh (do
later
> editions print
> the "publisher's note" about receiving the
manuscript?), an ex-Army
> sniper (if I remember right) who was rejected by the
CIA for being too
> sociopathic. He goes off to live on his own, but is
drafted for just
> one job by the CIA (or is it?). This is one of my
favorites
> of all the
> Block books, the other two Kavanaghs weren't quite as
good.
> Triumph and
> Not Comin' Home to You were okay, but not much
more.
>
> The Matt Scudder books are probably the best place to
start Block for
> someone on this list. I think they jumped in quality
starting with
> Eight Million Ways to Die (many on the list would say
it was the next
> one, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes), but even the
earlier ones are
> readable genre pieces. The later ones are that and
more.
>
> After the Scudders, several of Block's early
paperback originals are
> also excellent hardboiled; I'm partial to Girl With
the Long Green
> Heart.
>
> Mark
>
>
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