Dead Girl Blues
by Lawrence Block
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Mystery & Crime and Fiction.
You might as well know this going in: Lawrence Block's new novel is not for everyone. It's recounted in journal form by its protagonist, and begins when he walks into a roadhouse outside of Bakersfield, California, and walks out with a woman.And rapes and murders her.But, um, not in that order.Right. But it's what he does with the rest of his life ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Mystery & Crime and Fiction.
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“You like to read Read @LawrenceBlock's Dead Girl Blues. The first 30 pages are as rough/disturbing as any I've read in a long time. But they are necessary, and what he does from there on is absolutely remarkable. This is the book his 80 years led to. Worth your time. | You like to read Read @LawrenceBlock's Dead Girl Blues. The first 30 pages are as rough/disturbing as any I've read in a long time. But they are necessary, and what he does from there on is absolutely remarkable. This is the book his 80+ years led to. Worth your time.”
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