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Way back in the nineteen-sixties, Lawrence Block was writing fiction. He's been doing that for some time now. Any lover of mystery fiction should be at least passingly familiar with Mathew Scudder, Block's recovering alcoholic, New York ex-cop, and free lance consultant. No Score is not Matt Scudder. It is a Chip Harrison mystery, written over twenty years ago, recently reissued and it is a tribute to this master writer how well it stands up. Oh, sure, you'll find some dated references, some gender-related attitudes that we've (mostly) grown beyond. Still, this is a fine, well-written story, and if the mystery is a little light, well, Chip Harrison's tribulations in his innocent if highly focused teen-aged attempts to score are delightful in their frivolity. As is always the case with a Block story, the characters are keenly observed, strange, wonderful and more often than not, very funny. The dialogue is right on and each scene is carefully drawn. At the same time, some of No Score's explicitness may be offensive. An enjoyable read, a quite different dimension of Lawrence Block, but not, perhaps to everyone's taste. INNER PASSAGES A SUPERIOR MYSTERY http://www.Minnesotacrimewave.org
Reviewed by Carl Brookins, November 2002
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