The Naked and the Deadly: Lawrence Block in Men’s Adventure Magazines [FULL COLOR PAPERBACK EDITION]

Description

This listing is for the 6″ x 9″ deluxe, full color paperback edition of THE NAKED AND THE DEADLY: LAWRENCE BLOCK IN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES. 

It collects the lost men’s adventure magazine stories of Lawrence Block, presented complete and uncut for the first time, with cover scans of the magazines and the original illustrations reprinted in full color. The deluxe hardcover edition, sold by me and (Amazon) in a separate listing, has as additional “bonus” story that’s not in this edition. The smaller 4.37″ x 7″ trade paperback edition, also sold by me here and on Amazon, reprints the same stories as this full color paperback edition, but with small black-and-white illustrations. A special limited edition of the hardcover signed by Lawrence Block and editors Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle is available via this link.

These stories first appeared in men’s adventure magazines in the 1950s and 1960s, long before Lawrence Block became one of the most widely read, respected, and celebrated writers of crime and mystery fiction in the world. Some of the stories were originally published under his own name, some under pseudonyms.

The book includes a special introduction written by Lawrence Block, three long “Book Bonus” mystery stories featuring Block’s first Private Investigator character Ed London (“The Naked and the Deadly”, “Stag Party Girl” and “Twin Call Girls”), and two Book Bonuses featuring his unique insomniac action/adventure anti-hero Evan Tanner.

Other stories are examples of the type of wild action/adventure yarns, exposés and “sexposés” featured in vintage men’s adventure magazines.

There are also explanatory introductions and sidebars about Block and the men’s adventure mag genre written by co-editors Wyatt Doyle and Robert Deis.

This paperback edition has 368 pages. Here’s the table of contents:

• Tricks of the Trade by Wyatt Doyle and Robert Deis
• Introduction by Lawrence Block
• “Queen of the Clipper Ships” from REAL MEN April 1958
• “The Greatest Ship Disaster in American History” from REAL MEN April 1958
• “She Doesn’t Want You!” from REAL MEN June 1958
• “Pleasure Cruise for 137 Corpses” from REAL MEN November 1958
• “They Called Him ‘King of Pain’” from ALL MAN September 1961
• “The Naked and the Deadly” from MAN’S MAGAZINE October 1962
• “Just Window Shopping” from MAN’S MAGAZINE December 1962
• “Stag Party Girl” from MAN’S MAGAZINE February 1963
• “Twin Call Girls” from MAN’S MAGAZINE August 1963
• “Great Istanbul Gold Grab” from FOR MEN ONLY March 1967
• “Bring On the Girls” from STAG July 1968

The Naked and the Deadly is also available in a trade paperback edition, via this bookstore. You can also get either of the print editions or a Kindle ebook edition via Amazon worldwide.

A special limited edition of the hardcover signed by Lawrence Block and editors Robert Deis and Wyatt Doyle is available via this link.