tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post5862801249271904563..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: LAWRENCE BLOCK (as SHELDON LORD) - 21 GAY STREET (1962)col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-42665750905675755082019-09-16T05:29:32.081-07:002019-09-16T05:29:32.081-07:00I think he's a very different writer now to ho...I think he's a very different writer now to how he was way back when - 60 years ago give or take. He certainly had the capacity to tell a tale and get you interested in his characters right from the early days. Maybe the subject matter and plots developed a lot more over the years. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-30129724340107954692019-09-15T09:15:51.277-07:002019-09-15T09:15:51.277-07:00This sounds like another side of Block's writi...This sounds like another side of Block's writing, Col, and that in itself interests me. It's not the sort of thing I've gotten accustomed to from him, but that's a sign of his skill to me. You have to expect that a guy with Block's talent would write several different sorts of things.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com