Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998)
Autore di The First Deadly Sin
Sull'Autore
Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 15, 1920. He graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1942 and served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. After years of working as an editor for a number of magazines, including Mechanics Illustrated and Science and mostra altro Mechanics, Lawrence Sanders wrote and published his first novel, The Anderson Tapes (1970), at the age of 50 which won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel from The Mystery Writers of America. It was made into a film in 1971, as was The First Deadly Sin (1973). Sanders died February 7, 1998 (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) aka Lesley Andress, Mark Upton
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Opere di Lawrence Sanders
Three Complete Novels: The First Deadly Sin, The Second Deadly Sin, The Third Deadly Sin (1993) 67 copie
Three Complete Novels: The Sixth Commandment, The Seventh Commandment, The Eighth Commandment (1994) 20 copie
Three Complete Novels: The Anderson Tapes / The Fourth Deadly Sun / The Tenth Commandment (1996) 15 copie
Three Complete Novels: The Tomorrow File / The Tangent Objective / The Tangent Factor (2000) 9 copie
Four Complete Novels: The First Deadly Sin, The Anderson Tapes, The Sixth Commandment, The Marlow Chronicles (1984) 5 copie
The Seduction of Peter S., The Case of Lucy Bending, and Tales of the Wolf: Three Thrillers in One Volume (2016) 4 copie
Science & Mechanics 1964, No. 2 2 copie
O Caso Tangent 2 copie
O oitavo mandamento 1 copia
Golpe de John Anderson, O 1 copia
O Sétimo Mandamento 1 copia
23 Uhr, York Avenue 1 copia
Třetí smrtelný hřích 1 copia
McNally's Chance & Alibi 1 copia
McNally's Bluff 1 copia
Death in the Dordogne 1 copia
[No title] 1 copia
The Deadly Sins Novels Volume One: The First Deadly Sin and The Second Deadly Sin (The Edward X. Delaney Series) (2018) 1 copia
The Ninth Commandment 1 copia
OKSE 1 copia
The Fourth Procedure 1 copia
Dossier Anderson 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Sanders, Lawrence
- Altri nomi
- Andress, Lesley
Upton, Mark - Data di nascita
- 1920-03-15
- Data di morte
- 1998-02-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Pompano Beach, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Wabash College (BA)
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
short-story writer - Organizzazioni
- US Marine Corps
- Breve biografia
- Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn. After public school he went to Wabash College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He returned to New York and started to work at Macy's Department Store. In 1943 he joined the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1946. Sanders was a former magazine editorial writer and later turned to a full-time fiction writer. Sanders wrote his first novel, the Anderson Tapes in 1970 at the age of 50. It deals with a plot by a group of criminals to rob a luxury apartment building. In 1971, Sanders received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best first novel.
- Nota di disambiguazione
- aka Lesley Andress, Mark Upton
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McNally's Puzzle di Lawrence Sanders
This was a fun re-read. It is a bit disconcerting now, though, to read this and be so much closer to Archy’s age, because I first read this as a teenager and consequently I still think of Archy as way older than me. Because this first came out in 1996, some elements are a bit dated in 2023, namely the technology—computers are only just coming into use at McNally and Son, and the province of tech folks and administrative personnel rather than Papa Prescott (who technically has a computer, but his aides use it, and the password is “McNally”). And in terms of the family unit, this is the book in which Hobo, the extremely smart terrier, joins the family. Although Archy is by no means a boy detective, I always picture Hobo looking like Milou/Snowy from the Tintin series. And Prescott displays more of a sense of humour in this installment. I don’t doubt that he has one, but he makes it more evident in this book (much to Archy’s confusion).… (altro)
I read a lot of Sanders in the 70's and 80's because of the great character of Edward X. Delaney in the Deadly Sins series. As a result, I ended up buying a few bad books by him. This isn't one of the bad ones. In fact, the plot was mostly well designed, there were some excellent characters and it had a nice suspenseful feel. I first read it around the time it was published in 1979 and I probably liked it pretty well back then. But BOY, is it dated!!! Casual (and sometimes not so casual) misogyny and ludicrous amounts of alcohol being imbibed just took the bloom off the rose for me. Add to that, a bit of an anti-climax to end the book and I'm letting this book find a new home at Goodwill.… (altro)
Enjoyable read. I couldn’t put the book down ! Loved the author’s humorous statements about the people living in the Palm Beach community .
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- Opere
- 89
- Utenti
- 13,760
- Popolarità
- #1,683
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 122
- ISBN
- 801
- Lingue
- 19
- Preferito da
- 12