A Diet of Treacle (AKA Pads Are for Passion) by Lawrence Block writing as Sheldon Lord was marketed as sleaze but is really beatnik noir. A very dark look at beatnik subculture, with three beatnik losers on the run. Offbeat but intriguing.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/11/lawrence-blocks-diet-of-treacle-pads.html

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Born To Be Bad (1959), one of the many sleaze novels Lawrence Block wrote under the name Sheldon Lord, before he established himself as a major crime writer.

A slightly noirish melodrama that deals with human relationships in an honest and grown-up way. With an intriguing complex heroine.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/02/lawrence-blocks-born-to-be-bad.html

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