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Lawrence Block is such a gifted writer that even a native New Yorker will be fooled into thinking that the Paddington Hotel, described in the opening pages of Burglar in the Rye , is a real institution. Block's descriptions of this enclave of artists, writers, and rock musicians is... read more

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The lobby was a bit the worse for wear.
 

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