, especially comic capers
, with an occasional foray into science fiction
or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award
winner, one of only two writers (the other is Joe Gores
) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters
).
In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.
What did Jesus Christ|Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters|Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back.'
Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion|first Communion coat.
The August sun, God's blood-blister...
New York doesn't exactly have neighborhoods, the way most cities do. What it has is closer to distinct and separate villages, some of them existing on different continents, some of them existing in different centuries, and many of them at war with one another. English is not the primary language in many of these villages, but the Roman alphabet does still have a slight edge.
Brian had all that day to figure out what was going on, and yet he didn't.