Lawrence G. Blochman (1900–1975)
Autor von The Bride of Frankenstein [1935 film]
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THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER MAGAZINE: GREAT STORIES OF MYSTERY, DETECTION AND SUSPENSE [VOL. 1] NO. 5 (1952) 1 Exemplar
See You at this Morgue 1 Exemplar
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Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Mitwirkender — 194 Exemplare
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
Killers of the Mind: A Collection of Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1974) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
A Choice of Murders: 23 Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America (1958) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Blochman, Lawrence G.
- Geburtstag
- 1900-02-17
- Todestag
- 1975-01-22
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- San Diego, California, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Calcutta, India
Paris, France
Shanghai, China
Hong Kong - Sterbeort
- New York, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- San Diego, California, USA
- Ausbildung
- San Diego High School, San Diego, California, USA
University of California, Berkeley - Berufe
- novelist
police reporter
court reporter
newspaperman
literary translator - Organisationen
- Mystery Writers of America (4th president of)
Overseas Press Club (vice-president of) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Edgar Award, Best Short Story (1951)
Meritorious Service Award, Overseas Press Club (1959)
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It's a fun, easy read that evokes well that troubled time. Most of the story takes place onboard this particular Japanese vessel and Blochman does a good job of not letting the location feel to constricted and an even better job of displaying the wonder of ocean travel before the flourishing of commercial air travel. The fun is in those descriptions more than the plot.
I read a local library copy of the 1938 first edition published by Harcourt, Brace and Company which makes it eighty years old. It used high grade paper and the look and feel of it is still a pleasure to handle. No musty odors that this reader could detect. One can only marvel at the high quality of workmanship that went into the book, not to mention that of the care that went into it over the years. There is even a picture of the author carefully placed on the inside leaf across from one of the old library lending pockets.
It wouldn't be hard to get through the 310 pages in a single reading. It's an enjoyable romp.… (mehr)