num_pages: 240
description: LAWRENCE BLOCKS FIRST CRIME NOVELLOST FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS!To escape punishment for a murder he didnt mean to commit insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley ferocious up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can he find safety in the skin of another man...a worse man...a sinner man...?Long before he became the award-winning creator of Matthew Scudder (A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES) and an MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block penned this tough unforgettable crime novel his very first. But as he describes in a new afterword the book wound up published only eight years later under a different title and a fake nameand was then lost for half a century. Now appearing for the first time under Blocks real name with revisions by the author SINNER MAN is revealed as a powerful work by a young novelist destined to become one of the giants of the mystery genre. First publication in almost 50 yearsand first ever under authors real name! Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed living crime writers having won every major award in the genre (including 5 Edgar Awards) and been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America Blocks novel A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES became the movie starring Liam Neeson
language: English
title: Sinner Man
publisher: Hard Case Crime