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This book is a writing guide by the famous detective novel master Lawrence Block. It is a summary of his experience and is adapted from the "Writing for Life" training class founded by Block in the 1980s. It is a practical psychological guidance and motivational guide for writing. This book does not talk about specific writing techniques, nor does it teach specific issues such as how to build a structure. Instead, it uses several practical psychological exercises to prepare for writing, so that you can have enough courage to deal with the psychological problems and negative emotions that arise in writing, so that writers can no longer feel inferior, stop procrastinating, and find a way to open up their imagination and inspiration. The language of this book is full of humor and lively: each chapter is actually a thematic essay that solves the psychological problems of writing. It is an excellent opportunity to appreciate the author's humorous writing style. You can also regard this book as a one-day novel training course held by Bullock for yourself. Follow the guidance and practice to continuously improve your writing "aura".

17 full-color Hopper paintings + 17 short stories by the master of fiction. Lawrence Block was a fan of Edward Hopper. Like the film director Hitchcock, who was also obsessed with Hopper's paintings, he was obsessed with the loneliness and loneliness that penetrated into the bones of Hopper's paintings. Bullock therefore invited 16 contemporary best-selling American novelists, together with himself, to write a short story for each of Hopper's 17 well-known paintings, and compiled a short story collection containing 17 stories.

For 30 years, Tony Leung has dreamed of starring in "Eight Million Ways to Die"! Tony Leung flew half way around the world just to meet the author; he begged for cooperation 4 times just to play the protagonist of this book. Tony Leung once said: "I have read all Lawrence Block's books, and I particularly like Matthew's series." "Eight Million Ways to Die" understands Tony Leung's loneliness so well! "Eight Million Ways to Die" is the masterpiece of Laurence Block, winner of the "Edgar Allan Poe Lifelong Master Award", and is a favorite book collection of cultural elites! Wong Kar-Wai read "Eight Million Ways to Die". He didn't like using scripts, so he invited the author to be the screenwriter of "Blueberry Nights"! Zhu Tianwen read "Eight Million Ways to Die" and flew to New York to re-walk the path taken by the protagonist of the book! Sales are booming in Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Japan and other countries; well-known media such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal unanimously praised it! "Eight Million Ways to Die" is also a work that best understands "urban loneliness", describing the unspeakable loneliness of everyone in the bustling city. There are eight million people in this city and eight million kinds of loneliness. There is always someone willing to listen to your loneliness. In the noisy and lonely New York City, a lonely alcoholic detective. The death of a beautiful woman, a series of murders that no one cared about. A complete drunkenness, a single-handed self-salvation. This naked city has eight million people, eight million stories, and eight million ways to die. In this naked city, people are lonely and addicted, sinking alone, and then at an unknown time, die in one of the eight million ways to die, and are quickly replaced and forgotten. Fortunately, there is always someone who cares about everything about us. "My name is Matt and I have nothing to say."

A mysterious guest calling himself Smith arrives. Smith disliked Fitzgerald extremely, but was willing to spend a lot of money to buy his manuscripts. At the same time, an old woman died in the red-walled villa on Ninety-second Street. Bernie Roddenbart was not only a thief, but also a gentleman, so he could not remain indifferent to the old woman's death. While he teamed up with New York police officer Ray Kirchman to solve the mystery of the red-walled villa, he continued his life as a thief, moving between expensive paintings, silver spoons and countless buttons. No one could have imagined that Smith's real purpose was...

"Crimes of the Father" is the debut work of Matthew Scudder, a popular character written by Lawrence Block, the master of American hard-boiled detective novels. The story takes place in New York in the 1970s. A young girl died tragically in a Greenwich Village apartment, and the whole bed turned into a sea of ​​blood. The boy who lived with her rushed to the street covered in blood, was arrested as a murderer, and then committed suicide in prison. The girl's father found Scudder, hoping to understand who his daughter was and why she was killed... "The Sting of Darkness" was written five years after the completion of "Sins of the Father". Matthew Scudder was still an alcoholic at this time and had not yet joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Nine years ago, a crazy ice pick killer stabbed several women in a row and then disappeared. Nine years later, the New York police caught this man by chance. He admitted to all other cases but firmly denied Barbara's death. Barbara's father seeks out Scudder, hoping to find out who killed his daughter. "Memory is a cooperative animal, very willing to please you. If the supply is not timely, it can often invent one on the spot, and then carefully fill in the blanks." In the book "The First of the Blade", Matthew Scudder walked into the door of Alcoholics Anonymous. He was entrusted to find a girl who had been missing for three weeks. There was no progress in the case. The girl disappeared like air. She keeps to herself, but doesn't spend much time in her suite. Where could she go if she was so lonely? Will she go to the park and talk to the pigeons? At the same time, Eddie, a friend of the Alcoholics Anonymous Association, was found hanging in his residence by Scudder before he could express his thoughts. This book won the 1990 Shamus Award for Novel. "Dance in the Slaughterhouse" Matthew went to the boxing ring to investigate a case. In the audience, he noticed a man with a little boy. The man inadvertently stroked the boy's hair with his hands, which triggered Matthew's memory: he saw on a video tape the entire process of a man and a woman brutally killing a boy. As Matthew pursues, the two cases actually intersect. "The Devil Predicts Death" A promising publishing lawyer was shot dead on the streets of New York in the dark night, and the murderer found by the police was a homeless man with mental problems who wandered the streets all day long. New York caused a panic and continued discussions. However, the suspect's younger brother did not believe that his brother, who was stimulated by the Vietnam War, could be the murderer, and begged Matthew to come forward as a detective to find the real murderer. Will, who claims to be the "will of the people" in "In Search of Evil," will first write a letter to Marty McGraw's column in the "Daily News" and then use lynching to deal with several villains who cannot be punished by law for the public. Among them are a child killer, a gang boss, a murderer who bombed an abortion clinic, and a black racist. Matthew Scudder's client this time is the lawyer who allowed the child killer to regain his freedom. He is being named by Will, and he is the next person to be executed by the "will of the people"... The end of Matthew Scudder's career in "The Flower Will End". As with all stories, Matthew, who decided to retire, agreed to take on his last case. The client, Louise, met a man she liked, but she always suspected that he was hiding something from her. As Matthew investigates the truth for him, danger is approaching... Matthew's wife Elena is threatened! In this last case, can Matthew successfully avert danger? Can he live a life of leisure with Elena? ..."A Drop of Spirits" Matthew finally decided to quit drinking. He put the filled glass on the bar and walked into the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. In Alcoholics Anonymous, he met his childhood friend Jack. The two of them had been on different paths. Soon, Jack was shot to death, one bullet in his mouth and one between his eyes. Participating in alcohol abstinence and atonement seemed to be the direct cause of his shooting. Matthew launched an investigation into this, but his own life was also threatened... How can a guilty person truly atone for his sins? "Grogan's Last Night" contains eleven short stories featuring Matthew Scudder. In "The Dreamer," Matthew Scudder, who has yet to leave the NYPD, investigates a card-game murder case. By "Outside the Window", he has become an unlicensed private detective, investigating the real cause of death of a waitress who fell from the 17th floor. "Night and Music", "Grogan's Last Night", etc. Seem to be tender songs written by Bullock for Matthew Scudder.

"The Flower Will End" tells the final chapter of Matthew Scudder's career. As with all stories, Matthew, who decided to retire, agreed to take on his last case. The client, Louise, met a man she liked, but she always suspected that he was hiding something from her. As Matthew investigates the truth for him, danger is approaching... Matthew's wife Elena is threatened! In this last case, can Matthew successfully avert danger? Can he live a life of leisure with Elena? ...