In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away — and doing “favors” for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he’ll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.
Matt Scudder had a career as a policeman, a wife and kids and a home in the the suburbs. When a tragic accident happens he loses it all and ends up living alone in a dingy room spending most of his time drinking coffee laced with whiskey at a nearby bar. He’s officially off the force but he occasionally “does a favor” for someone who needs …
I read the book a long time ago. Matthew Scudder is an original. I’m a big fan of Lawrence Block.
This novel was something of a resurrection for alcoholic private detective Mathew Scudder as author Lawrence Block had originally intended to end the series after the fifth book Eight Million Ways to Die. Luckily Block had committed to write an original short story for an editor friend and that short story – featuring Matthew Scudder – was later …