The Naked and the Deadly

<p><strong>Lawrence Block's lost stories complete and uncut for the first time since their original publication!</strong></p><p><strong>The focus and subject matter of mid-century men's adventure magazines (MAMs)</strong> could be wide-ranging and versatile storytellers able to confidently navigate genres approaches and authorial voices found regular lucrative work in their pages. Among those talented writers was a notable newcomer: <strong>Lawrence Block</strong>-though his initial pieces would see print under various pseudonyms. </p><p>Not the Lawrence Block you know who is among the most widely read respected and celebrated writers of crime and mystery fiction in the world. A writer internationally read and internationally honored upon whom The Mystery Writers of America bestowed the title of Grand Master. A writer with over 65 years of professional experience in damn near every kind of writing whose essays magazine columns and non-fiction books focused on the art craft and business of writing have endured to inform generations. </p><p>Not that Lawrence Block. </p><p>Not yet... </p><p>The latest release in the acclaimed Men's Adventure Library series THE NAKED AND THE DEADLY collects Block's earliest fiction and non-fiction for men's adventure magazines (MAMs) in FIVE handsome editions: 1.) A pocket-sized mass-market softcover designed to honor LB's many successful paperback releases 2.) an ebook that mirrors the mass-market softcover 3.) a deluxe illustrated softcover that mirrors most of (but not all) the content in the hardcover and 4.) a big beautiful full-color hardcover that's packed with bonus content including additional illustration art deep background from the editors and a bonus story by Block! (A fifth edition a signed and numbered limited edition is available directly from the publisher while stocks last.)</p>