Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998)
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A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) aka Lesley Andress, Mark Upton
Séries
Œuvres de Lawrence Sanders
Three Complete Novels: The First Deadly Sin, The Second Deadly Sin, The Third Deadly Sin (1993) 68 exemplaires
Three Complete Novels: The Sixth Commandment, The Seventh Commandment, The Eighth Commandment (1994) 20 exemplaires
Three Complete Novels: The Anderson Tapes / The Fourth Deadly Sun / The Tenth Commandment (1996) 15 exemplaires
Three Complete Novels: The Tomorrow File / The Tangent Objective / The Tangent Factor (2000) 10 exemplaires
Four Complete Novels: The First Deadly Sin, The Anderson Tapes, The Sixth Commandment, The Marlow Chronicles (1984) 5 exemplaires
The Seduction of Peter S., The Case of Lucy Bending, and Tales of the Wolf: Three Thrillers in One Volume (2016) 4 exemplaires
Four Complete Novels: The First Deadly Sin, The Second Deadly Sin, The Third Deadly Sin, The Fourth Deadly Sin 2 exemplaires
O Caso Tangent 2 exemplaires
Science & Mechanics 1964, No. 2 2 exemplaires
O oitavo mandamento 1 exemplaire
McNally's Chance & Alibi 1 exemplaire
Třetí smrtelný hřích 1 exemplaire
23 Uhr, York Avenue 1 exemplaire
Vtg Lawrence Sanders / The Anderson Tapes First Edition 1970 [Hardcover] Lawrence Sanders 1 exemplaire
Golpe de John Anderson, O 1 exemplaire
The Lawrence Sanders Thriller Collection Volume Two: The Tomorrow File, The Passion of Molly T., and Capital Crimes 1 exemplaire
OKSE 1 exemplaire
McNally's Bluff 1 exemplaire
Death in the Dordogne 1 exemplaire
The Fourth Procedure 1 exemplaire
Time-Life Book Digest: McNally's Secret / The Duchess / Dance While You Can / The Lilac Bus 1 exemplaire
The Deadly Sins Novels Volume One: The First Deadly Sin and The Second Deadly Sin (The Edward X. Delaney Series) (2018) 1 exemplaire
The Ninth Commandment 1 exemplaire
Dossier Anderson 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Sanders, Lawrence
- Autres noms
- Andress, Lesley
Upton, Mark - Date de naissance
- 1920-03-15
- Date de décès
- 1998-02-07
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Pompano Beach, Florida, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Wabash College (BA)
- Professions
- novelist
short-story writer - Organisations
- US Marine Corps
- Courte biographie
- 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.
- Notice de désambigüisation
- aka Lesley Andress, Mark Upton
Membres
Critiques
McNally's Puzzle par 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).… (plus d'informations)
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.… (plus d'informations)
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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 85
- Membres
- 13,823
- Popularité
- #1,674
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 122
- ISBN
- 801
- Langues
- 19
- Favoris
- 12