Hit Parade

This is another very entertaining collection of stories featuring a hit man named John Keller. Like his creator, Keller is a New Yorker through and through, and his love of the city shows through here, particularly as Keller wrestles with the aftermath of the 911 attacks on the city. The attacks tak......more

Много харесвам историите за Келър - наемен убиец на средна възраст, който често трябва да решава сложни човешки ребуси в контекста на професията си. :) Макар и да има повторения на детайли от предните разкази от серията, като цяло случките са оригинални и забавни за прочит. Английският на Блок е много......more

Lawrence Block has always embodied New York to me in a lot of ways. He’s a guy who writes about the city with casual flair and great affection. I saw Block at a book signing a few months after 9/11, and he politely asked the crowd that no one ask about his reaction to the World Trade Center attack b......more

Who would have thought that reading a chronicle of a hit man's life would be like taking a leisurely stroll on a summer's day? But that is what Block's Hit Parade feels like. As Keller, the hit man in question, bumps off one unfortunate human being after another, there is no sense of violence, or an......more