Enough rope : collected stories
(2002)
By:
Block, Lawrence
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MYSTERY/BLOCK,L/SC
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W. Morrow, [2002]
©2002
©2002
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION
xi, 883 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0060188901 (hc : alk. paper), 0060188901
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
SHORT STORIES:
CONTENTS
Bad night for burglars --
Blow for freedom --
Little off the top --
And miles to go before I sleep --
As good as a rest --
Books always balance --
Boy who disappeared clouds --
Change of life --
Cleveland in my dreams --
Click! --
Collecting Ackermans --
Dangerous business --
Death wish --
Dettweiler solution --
Funny you should ask --
Gentle way --
Going through the motions --
Good for the soul --
Hilliard's ceremony --
Hot eyes, cold eyes --
How would you like it? --
If this be madness --
Leo Youngdahl, R.I.P. --
Like a bug on a windshield --
Like a dog in the street --
Most unusual snatch --
Nothing short of highway robbery --
One thousand dollars a word --
Passport in order --
Someday I'll plant more walnut trees --
Some days you get the bear --
Something to remember you by --
Some things a man must do --
Sometimes they bite --
Strangers on a handball court --
That kind of a day --
This crazy business of ours --
Tulsa experience --
Weekend guests --
When this man dies --
With a smile for the ending --
You could call it blackmail -- CHIP HARRISON:
Death of the Mallory Queen --
As dark as Christmas gets -- MARTIN EHRENGRAF:
Ehrengraf defense --
Ehrengraf presumption --
Ehrengraf experience --
Ehrengraf appointment --
Ehrengraf riposte --
Ehrengraf obligation --
Ehrengraf alternative --
Ehrengraf Nostrum --
Ehrengraf affirmation --
Ehrengraf reverse -- BERNIE RHODENBARR:
Like a thief in the night --
Burglar who dropped in on Elvis --
Burglar who smelled smoke -- KELLER:
Answers to soldier --
Keller's therapy --
Keller on the spot --
Keller's horoscope --
Keller's designated hitter -- MATTHEW SCUDDER:
Out the window --
Candle for the bag lady --
By the dawn's early light --
Batman's helpers --
Merciful Angel of Death --
Night and the music --
Looking for David --
Let's get lost --
Moment of wrong thinking -- NEW STORIES:
Almost perfect --
Headaches and bad dreams --
Hit the ball, drag Fred --
How far it could go --
In for a penny --
Like a bone in the throat --
Points --
Sweet little hands --
Terrible Tommy Terhune --
Three in the side pocket --
You don't even feel it -- TWO OLD STORIES:
It took you long enough --
You can't lose