Lawrence Block
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Lawrence Block is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block wa
Block in 2008
The Music Room (short story)
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"The Music Room" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the November 16, 2016, issue of Playboy. It was inspired by the 1932 Edward Hopper painting Room in New York.
The 1932 Edward Hopper painting Room in New York inspired "The Music Room"; the unnamed couple in the painting are reimagined as the villainous Enderbys.