Friday, November 25, 2005

The Girl With The Long Green Heart


Hard Case Crime has reprinted another early Lawrence Block novel. Like Grifter’s Game, The Girl With the Long Green Heart is a lean, fast-moving story about con men. Originally published in 1965, the novel showcases Block’s sure hand with plot and dialogue, even at that early stage of his career. Back then, a novel didn’t have to be 400 pages, so you get nothing here but story. No bloat. No padding. And it’s cool to revisit a time when men called women “kitten”. So smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em and pick up The Girl With the Long Green Heart.

If you want to try a more recent Block novel, I suggest Small Town.

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