ESSAY: Last Call for Matthew Scudder's Favorite Saloon (DENNY LEE, October 6, 2002, NY Times) (Sarah Weinman, November 25, 2007, LA Times) ESSAY: Booze & private eyes: A pair since the days of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. INTERVIEW: A Year on the Block (Kevin Burton Smith, January) INTERVIEW: An Interview with Lawrence Block (BookSlut, February 2006) INTERVIEW: Talking Mystery With Lawrence Block (Claire E. PROFILE: A writer's life: Lawrence Block: The crime writer tells William Leith he has considered breaking the law for his characters (William Leith,, Daily Telegraph) PROFILE:Lawrence Block retraces his life one step at a time (Bob Minzesheimer, 5/20/09, USA TODAY) INTERVIEW: Audio Interview with Lawrence Block (Don Swaim, 1984, Wired for Books) AUDIO INTERVIEW: with Lawrence Block (Fresh Air, January 31, 1997, NPR) AUDIO INTERVIEW: with Lawrence Block (Fresh Air, December 20, 1995, NPR)
INTERVIEW: NO GORE, PLEASE - THEY'RE BRITISH: with PD James and Lawrence Block (Marilyn Stasio, October 9, 1988, NY Times Book Review)
ESSAY: Watching the Detective: Sherlock Holmes lives on-in fan societies, annotated versions, and new adventures (Lawrence Block, March 22nd 2005, Village Voice) EXCERPT: from Hope to Die by Lawrence Block REVIEW ESSAY: A Tale of Pulp and Passion: The Jim Thompson Revival (Lawrence Block, October 14, 1990, NY Times Book Review) ESSAY: GREENWICH VILLAGE: GLORYING IN ITS DIFFERENTNESS For 300 Years, A World Apart (Lawrence Block,, NY Times Magazine) Matt Scudder: Created by Lawrence Block (Thrilling Detective) Authors and Creators: Lawrence Block (Thrilling Detective) AUTHOR PAGE: Lawrence Block (Harper Collins) The title suggests a tad too much of what follows, but the novels are more about Scudder and his demons than the mysteries he takes on anyway. Here he's hired to help a father understand what went wrong in the life of the daughter who was recently brutally murdered by her gay roommate, who then hung himself in his jail cell after confessing. And besides the drinking and the self-imposed isolation, he demonstrates his guilt by tithing ten percent of his earnings to the churches he frequents for reasons unclear to himself. He "does favors for friends" since he isn't licensed. He's left his wife and sons on Long Island and moved into a hotel in the City. As the series opens he's still in reasonable control, mainly maintenance drinking a mixture of bourbon and coffee that he sure makes sound good. A former police officer who accidentally shot and killed a young girl while making an off-duty arrest, Matt carries the hard-drinking detective to its logical extreme by being a genuine alcoholic. Sins introduced Lawrence Block's greatest character, the unofficial private eye, Matthew Scudder.
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