Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves

The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains

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Editor:

Block, Lawrence

ISBN:

978-0-19-516952-2

Publication Date:

Jun 2004

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

AUD $44.50AUD $62.95

Book Description:

Fifty biographical profiles of American villains -- from the colorful to the unsettling -- selected from the American National Biography and introduced by popular crime novelist Lawrence Block.

Book Details

Pages:	304
Detailed Subjects:	Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws Social Science / Criminology Biography & Autobiography / Reference
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	21.5 x 14 x 2.67 cm
Book Weight:	0.486 Kilograms

Author Biography

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Lawrence Block is the author of the popular series' featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, and Chip Harrison. Over 2 million copies of Lawrence Block's books are in print. He has published articles and short fiction in American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, GQ, and The New York Times, and has published several collections of short fiction in book form, most recently Collected Mystery Stories.

Block is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times, the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe award. In France, he was proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has been awarded the Societe 813 trophy twice. Block was presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana, and is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America.

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