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Getting Off: A Novel of Sex and Violence Paperback – October 16, 2012

by Lawrence Block (Author), Jill Emerson (Author)

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SO THIS GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR...

...and when she walks out there's a man with her. She goes to bed with him, and she likes that part. Then she kills him, and she likes that even better.

On her way out, she cleans out his wallet. She keeps moving, and has a new name for each change of address.

She's been doing this for a while, and she's good at it. And then a chance remark gets her thinking of the men who got away, the lucky ones who survived a night with her.

She starts writing down names. And now she's a girl with a mission. Picking up their trails. Hunting them down. Crossing them off her list...

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336 pages
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English
Publisher

Hard Case Crime
Publication date

October 16, 2012
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5.03 x 0.89 x 8 inches
ISBN-10

0857685821
ISBN-13

978-0857685827
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Editorial Reviews

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"One of the best books of this or any year." - BookReporter

"...you’ll be rooting for this thoroughly beguiling serial killer on a mission. A pro’s pro, Block never wastes a word, never misplaces a plot element... it also boasts Block’s legendary craftsmanship, sly humor, and virtuoso plotting. The premise is to die for!" - Booklist

"[A] fun, fast-paced read full of steamy moments and a twist ending... a must have for pulp fiction fans." - Celebrity Cafe

"A great read from cover to cover... believe me when I say that you are in for a wonderful time." - Horror News

"A perfect treat." - Affairs Magazine

"Block has, once again, created a tale to excite and absorb even the most jaded reader of crime fiction." - Eclipse Magazine

"... compulsively readable... with a character that has a lot more to offer the reader than the genre typically maintains." - The Daily Rotation

Praise for Lawrence Block:

"There is only one writer of mystery and detective fiction who comes close to replacing the irreplaceable John D. MacDonald...The writer is Lawrence Block." - Stephen King

"Unfailingly entertaining." - The New York Times

"One of the very best writers now working the beat." - The Wall Street Journal

"Lawrence Block is a master of crime fiction." - Jonathan Kellerman

About the Author

Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed and highly decorated living mystery writers, having received multiple Edgar, Shamus and Maltese Falcon Awards, as well as lifetime achievement awards in the US, UK, and France. He was named a "Grand Master" by the Mystery Writers of America, the organization's highest honor.

In the 1960s and 70s he wrote seven novels under the pen name "Jill Emerson," a pseudonym he is reviving for the first time in nearly 40 years for Getting Off.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hard Case Crime; Reprint edition (October 16, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0857685821
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0857685827
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.03 x 0.89 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #806,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,896 in Comedic Dramas & Plays
- #4,189 in Organized Crime Thrillers
- #5,625 in Hard-Boiled Mystery

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Wow.

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021

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This story was one of those that once you start, you do not put it down. It keeps the readers' interests. The story is great, characters interesting, and believable. In fact, it's scary to think this, but there are really people like this out there. Not necessarily serial killers, but murderous people with all the wrong justifications for their deeds. Here, you feel empathy for the main character and a sense that her victim are (mostly, usually) getting what they deserve in the scheme of goes around-goes around. The episode regarding the Iraq War veteran is one that moves a person as well as chills the mind and senses.
It would be an intense movie, but to hit the screen, either the big one or a home screen, it would have to be done as either an X-rated item, and that would make it stupid and ruin it by cutting the plot away to simply fit in the "activity" scenes, or, on the other hand, for a main line motion picture, be reduced in its' plot line too much to be as effective as it is as a novel.

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Not particularly compelling

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021

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Not exactly Matthew Scudder, the redoubtable NYC private detective, at work in this story of a disturbed female who must have revenge on any men who have been intimate with her. Strangely enough, Kittie, traumatized as a teenager, seeks one night stands and then manages to kill the men in a variety of ways. She needs to repeat this extreme action to extirpate her earlier suffering. If she cannot do it at the time, she hunts them down and tries again.

The reader does not get the grit and grim of NYC in this book. It is strictly all about the psyche, planning, and action of the girl. She is absolutely not a sympathetic character. Oddly enough, she is never under suspicion in this story; she is not on the radar of law enforcement. The story becomes repetitious and just not particularly compelling.

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Greggorio!

SCATHINGLY ORIGINAL!!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014

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This hard case crime release comprises the complete saga of Kit Tolliver, crazed and seriously damaged sex killer , cursed with the burden of killing every man she has ever slept with. Talk about an original plot! It sounds crazy enough, but anyone familiar with the world class writing skills of Mr Block will cease to be amazed but will find themselves fully immersed in the damaged world the anti heroine finds herself in.

Chapter by chapter, Mr Block reveals aspects of Tolliver's psyche to the reader, explaining her actions and beliefs in a convincing, entertaining and most significantly, highly moving manner. The stories are not funny - how could they be? - but once you are over the shock of the events transcribed in each chapter, you may well find yourself rooting for Katherine and glad that the police are unable to even make an appearance, let alone come close to apprehending the kinky serial killer.

The book's highlight comes in part seven, with strong emotional bonding between Kit and her victim as well as the reader. The ending to this particular case is macabre and yet borderline hysterically funny. Don't laugh too hard, however, unless you want to find yourself being analysed by the family psychologist, as well.

Other readers have criticised the piece meal presentation of the stories, especially readers who are ignorant of their alternative existence in short form. The criticism should be pointed squarely at the feet of the marketing department of the publisher of this amazing series of crime novels, instead of Mr Block. They were written as short stories, and probably need to be read as such. Devoted fans of the world famous crafter of mystery fiction, however, can just as easily read this as a single novel and still get just as much out of it as the short story aficionados do.

In summary, I award this new release a well deserved four stars. One more classic to add to your library, and one more feather in the cap of the 20th century's greatest living crime novelist.

BFN Greggorio!

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Craig

A fun, fast-paced, guilty pleasure. Over-the-top sex and violence.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2015

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This is nearly the perfect Hard Case Crime novel, a fun fast-paced guilty pleasure with plenty of over-the-top sex and violence.

Kit Tolliver is the over-stimulated female version of one of Block’s other characters, John Keller from the Hit Man series. She is an unrepentant black-widow serial killer who seduces men only to kill them in exotic fashion afterwards. The story stretches credibility at times. How can a woman leave so much DNA at so many crime scenes and not be caught eventually? But, c’mon, this is not supposed to be CSI! It’s a cross between the adults-only Nightshade Books of the 1950’s and the much-beloved Gold Medal pulp crime paperbacks of the 1960’s.

My only quibble is that it became obvious this novel started out as a series of short stories. It could have used a stronger editorial influence. Many “episodes” contain needless repetition of earlier events and some odd time lapses are not fully explained.

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TheNewyorker

Just Plain Silly

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016

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"Trying to regrow her psychic Hyman by killing every man she'd ever slept with." Seriously? I've read and enjoyed all of the Scudder series and all of the Burglar series novels. I'm not sure what Lawrence Block was thinking with this one! A woman was sexually traumatized as a child by her father. Consequently, she kills every man she sleeps with as a psychological surrogate for her father. This is good in theory but it just rambles deep into the absurd. Then, to pair this violent cold-blooded psychological wreck up with a jolly over-sexed lesbian-wannabe, who wants to share in the kill, is just silly!

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Stuart Caverly

I like Pulp Fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2017

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I like Pulp Fiction, but this is poor, the continuity is all over the place and by having the same sex scenes repeated every three pages in a 330 page book doesn’t make it sexually exciting, it makes it just boring.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2016

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Lawrence Block is a fantastic story teller and this one is no exception. Very unusual plot but be warned - adults only.

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Mr. P. Martin

Block's style changes - erotic thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2013

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Lawrence Block - the plotter supremo, changes from hero to heroine in this black comedic thriller. Sexually fantastic, the plot twists its way through sordid one night stands with deadly results. The heroine's dark child hood experience invigorates her murderous needs and appetites - a good holiday read.

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Beamer142

Great story telling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2016

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Very enjoyable story with frequent and amusing twists. I will definitely be looking at more by this author.

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relayer

This is a sleazy, violent and trashy novel. ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2015

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This is a sleazy,violent and trashy novel.
Just what I was expecting and it did not let me down.

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