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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Lawrence Block

Born: June 24, 1938 (age 87)
Bio: Lawrence Block is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr.
Known for:
- When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (1986)
- A Drop of the Hard Stuff (2011)
- A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (1991)
- Time to Murder and Create (1977)
- A Ticket To The Boneyard (1990)