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The Naked and the Deadly: Lawrence Block in Men’s Adventure Magazines edited by Robert Deis & Wyatt Doyle

Hardcover – New Texture – 2023 – 383 pages

The focus and subject matter of mid-century men’s adventure magazines (MAMs) were wide-ranging, and versatile storytellers able to confidently navigate genres, approaches, and authorial voices found regular, lucrative work in their pages. Among those talented writers was a notable newcomer: Lawrence Block–though his initial pieces would see print under various pseudonyms.

Not the Lawrence Block you know, who is among the most widely read, respected, and celebrated writers of crime and mystery fiction in the world. Internationally read and internationally honored, upon whom The Mystery Writers of America bestowed the title of Grand Master. A storyteller with over 65 years of professional experience in damn near every mode of written expression, whose essays, magazine columns, and non-fiction books focused on the art, creaft, and business of writing have endured to inform generations.

Not that Lawrence Block

Not yet…