false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172007415m/132111.jpg 132111 13 In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away -- and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities 1203196 1986 When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Matt Scudder Mystery) total:301|5:106|4:120|3:66|2:8|1:1| 301 1225 371 27 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 15:18:45 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:19:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed May 30 16:07:05 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 12:35:20 -0700 2007
The title is from an old Dave Van Ronk song (which I encourage acquiring):

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This is a Matt Scudder novel, I think one of the earlier ones, at least one about an earlier period in time. Scudder was still drinking. In fact, the...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat May 26 10:47:07 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 10:47:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 09 13:17:18 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 13:29:06 -0800 2008 series I always think that Block must be writing from his own experience as an alcoholic although I have no reason to believe that to be true. I guess that is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 04:14:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 04:29:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:01:12 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:02:53 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 20:25:34 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 20:32:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Aug 07 06:48:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:29:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:38:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:42:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 13:37:32 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 13:37:49 -0700 2009 An ex-cop looks bleakly into his days of 10 years before when, freshly out of NYPD, he subsisted on bourbon and spent his days staring at some of the most disheartening happenings his circle had to offer.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 02 14:21:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 14:21:53 -0700 2008
If I had read this book without reading #16 first, I probably wouldn’t read any others. I found the Scudder character to be very rough around the edges, though by the...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 09:30:29 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 08:53:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:53:09 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:51:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 12 09:06:14 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 09:07:56 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Thu Mar 27 18:37:59 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 18:39:54 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jan 21 15:32:49 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 15:36:32 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Nov 16 17:33:51 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 17:39:40 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 19:49:40 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 07:47:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=132111