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| | Candyland, Evan Hunter / Ed McBain, 0575072520, Barry Forshaw |
 | | As Ed McBain, he created the groundbreaking 87th Precinct series, whose innovations were much plundered by TV series such as Hill Street Blues and crime writers such as Patricia Cornwell. |
 | | As Evan Hunter, he wrote such indelible fifties novels as The Blackboard Jungle and the screenplay for Hitchcock's The Birds, but with Candyland, the two writers (who are one and the same person) have both names on a novel for the first time to produce a compelling piece of work. |
 | | Architect Benjamin Thorpe has an obsession: unknown to his family, he wanders the New York streets in the wee small hours looking for dangerous female companionship, and has a confrontation in a seedy brothel that will change his life. |
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