Out the Window (Matthew Scudder Book 1)

Out the Window (Matthew Scudder Book 1)

"I love the Matthew Scudder series, and I love short stories."
--Otto Penzler, Los Angeles Times, Ten Most Wanted Books of 2011

Lawrence Blockâ€™s 17 Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the worldâ€”along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe (Germany), and the Maltese Falcon (Japan). And itâ€™s Matt Scudder whoâ€™s been largely responsible for Blockâ€™s lifetime achievement awards: Grand Master (Mystery Writers of America), The Eye (Private Eye Writers of America), and the Cartier Diamond Dagger (UK Crime Writers Association).

But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well, as Lawrence Block recalls:

"I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1970s. The first novel, The Sins of the Fathers, appeared in 1975, and A Drop of the Hard Stuffâ€”the 17th and most recentâ€”was published in 2011. Over the years Scudder has also been featured in 11 short works of fiction; Out the Window, which first appeared in AHMM in 1977, is the first of them.

"Out the Window and A Candle for the Bag Lady kept Scudder alive for me after Dell failed to sell the first three books effectively. There seemed little point in trying to interest another publisher in a series that had already proved unsuccessful, but I couldn't abandon Scudder, and wrote the two novelettes for magazine publication. Then I wrote the fourth novel, A Stab in the Dark, and Don Fine published it at Arbor House, and Scudder was back in business.

"Out the Window is included in The Night and the Music, my collection of all 11 Matthew Scudder short stories, available for Kindle or in handsome trade paperback form."
Country USA
Manufacturer Lawrence Block
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-12-06
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lawrence Block
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-12-06
Format	Kindle eBook

Out the Window (Matthew Scudder Book 1)

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