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The opening line of Lawrence Block's new novel sets the pace for the entire book. "By the time Jerry Pankow was ready for breakfast, he'd already been to three bars and a whorehouse." Yes, with that mystery setting preview the story begins. On September 11, 2001 the face of New York City changed, "Small Town" is a novel of how these changes affected the lives of many diverse people within the city. From a young gay man who accidentally cleans up a murder scene, to a enterprising young art dealer slowly being drawn into a bizarre life style, to a former police commissioner who is obsessing about a mass murder that seems to be holding the city hostage. I would warn that this book is very sexually explicit with some bizarre sexual practices laid open to the readers imagination. However this was my first Lawrence Block book and I had read that he was indeed a gritty writer so I considered myself forewarned. This book was attention grabbing from that very first sentence. I could not lay it down. I became very interested in the characters and cared what happened to them. Block is not your average storyteller. He twines the story of a mass murderer and serial killer with the lives of the many people he touches in so many different ways.
Reviewed by Susan Johnson, July 2003
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