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step by step a pedestrian memoir
p from the revered new york times bestselling author comes a touching insightful and humorous memoir of an unlikely racewalker and world traveler p before lawrence block was the author of bestselling novels featuring unforgettable characters such as the hit man keller private investigator matthew scudder burglar bernie rhodenbarr and time traveler evan tanner he was a walker . p as a child he walked home from school mostly because he couldnt ride a bike . as a col lege student he walked until he was able to buy his first car a deep blue 1950 chevrolet coupe named pamela after the samuel richardson novel . as an adult he ran marathons until he discovered what would become a lifelong obsession never mind if some people didnt think it was a real sport racewalking . p by that time block had already spent plenty of time walking through the city of new york . but racewalking ended up taking him all over the country from new orleans to anchorage from marathons in the punishing heat to marathons in the pouring rain . and along the way as he began to pen the books that would make him a household name among suspense fans all over the world he found that in life as in writing you just need to take one step after the other . p through the lens of his adventures while walking in twenty four hour races on a pilgrimage through spain and just about everywhere you can imagine lawrence block shares his heartwarming personal story about lifes trials and tribulations discomforts and successes which truly lets readers walk a mile in the master of mysterys shoes .
the author shares his experiences as an avid if relatively non athletic race walker and world traveler describing how his efforts in races throughout the world have been tempered by his encroaching age and other personal challenges .