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No Score (Chip Harrison #1)
by
Lawrence Block (Goodreads Author)
In this sinfully silly coming-of-age adventure, a young orphan works a series of very odd jobs, attempting to make his fortune and lose his virginity in one fell swoop
Chip Harrison thought he was normal until his parents blew their brains out. An orphan at seventeen, he is cast out of his prep school with nothing in his pocket but $27.46 and a vintage prophylactic, determi...more
Chip Harrison thought he was normal until his parents blew their brains out. An orphan at seventeen, he is cast out of his prep school with nothing in his pocket but $27.46 and a vintage prophylactic, determi...more
ebook, 277 pages
Published
December 28th 2010
by Open Road
(first published September 1st 1996)
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Jul 17, 2010
Joe
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
nobody but 17 year old boys.
Recommended to Joe by:
Nobody. Thank God for them.
First of all, this book by Mystery Grand Master Lawrence Block, which he wrote in the early 70's, is not a mystery at all. In fact, I don't know what kind of book you can call it. Erotic non-thriller?
The plot is this: 17 year old Chip Harrison is on a mission to get laid for the first time. Period.
Different settings. Different people. Chip still wants to get laid. For the first time. Etc.. etc...
Chip's been to first base. Second Base. And third base more times that Cubs third baseman Rob Santo (...more
The plot is this: 17 year old Chip Harrison is on a mission to get laid for the first time. Period.
Different settings. Different people. Chip still wants to get laid. For the first time. Etc.. etc...
Chip's been to first base. Second Base. And third base more times that Cubs third baseman Rob Santo (...more
Apr 26, 2013
Mysterious Ed
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
amateur-detective,
humor
#1 in the Chip Harrison series, a minor 4 book series 1970-1975. All are readable and funny; the fourth is best.
Chip Harrison series - Young Chip sets out to lose the only thing every healthy young man can't wait to lose.
Chip Harrison series - Young Chip sets out to lose the only thing every healthy young man can't wait to lose.
Dec 25, 2009
Glenn
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mysteries-and-thrillers
3.5 stars. First in the Chip Harrison series from Block, probably the least well known recurring character that Block has written about, as it was earlier in his career, and consisted of four books written between 1970 and 1975.
o Lawerence. A teenaged boy fantasy (but fantasy only I think). No mystery here.
AKA: Sheldon Lord, Jill Emerson, Paul Kavanaugh, Chip Harrison, Lawrence Block
I didn't like how the narrator would jump in with off the wall crap. But the sex/non sex was pretty good.
Apr 24, 2013
Eddy Allen
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery-and-suspense
Reacquaint yourself with Lawrence Block's most endearing character, Chip Harrison, an affable, no-nonsense, man-about-town with a knack for finding mystery and mayhem wherever he goes. In his first wayward adventure, an adolesscent Chip unsuccessfully attempts to fulfill his dreams of desire--and finds instead that staying alive is the real difficulty. Original.
This book was sort of what Catcher in the Rye would have been if it (Catcher) had been a book I would like.
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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2002.
From his web site:
I'm told every good author website needs a bio, so here's mine:
"Lawrence Block's novels range from the urban noir of Matthew Scudder (A Drop of the Hard Stuff) to the urbane effervescence of Bernie Rhodenbarr (The Burglar on the Prowl), while other characters include the globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanne...more
More about Lawrence Block...
From his web site:
I'm told every good author website needs a bio, so here's mine:
"Lawrence Block's novels range from the urban noir of Matthew Scudder (A Drop of the Hard Stuff) to the urbane effervescence of Bernie Rhodenbarr (The Burglar on the Prowl), while other characters include the globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanne...more
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