Books written by Larry Karp

  • The View from the Vue
    The View from the Vue

    Mr. Wilson's teeth ground audibly, and he said he'd do that. I thanked him, and went back to work. A short while later I got a call from the chief. Mr. Wilson had called him, as well as the blood bank A.D. who was on duty at that moment ...

  • The Ragtime Kid
    The Ragtime Kid

    “But what if you find something at Kaiser's that implicates the man?” “That might not be so bad either. If Fitzgerald really is guilty, the onus is no longer on the city, which would put P and G on the defensive.

  • First, Do No Harm
    First, Do No Harm

    Henry Kaiser, that pig, he gets fatter every day from every goddamn ship he sells, never mind half of them sink before they even get outa the harbor. You want to fuck with somebody, go fuck with Kaiser. The Jews in Germany and Poland ...

  • A Perilous Conception
    A Perilous Conception

    “He wanted to know all about James and me, whether we were having any problems, how James felt about the pregnancy and the baby, whether James had any hangups about the sperm separation process, whether I'd met Dr. Hearn.

  • Natural Resources as Capital
    Natural Resources as Capital

    Appendixes offer reviews of the relevant mathematics. The book is suitable for use by upper-level undergraduates or, with the appendixes, masters-level courses.

  • Brun Campbell: The Original Ragtime Kid
    Brun Campbell: The Original Ragtime Kid

    At fifteen, Sanford Brunson Campbell (1884-1952) became enchanted with the new sounds of ragtime and ran away from his rural Kansas home, hopping a train to Sedalia, Missouri, determined to take piano lessons from a black musician he had ...

  • Natural Resources as Capital
    Natural Resources as Capital

    Appendixes offer reviews of the relevant mathematics. The book is suitable for use by upper-level undergraduates or, with the appendixes, masters-level courses.

  • The King of Ragtime
    The King of Ragtime

    He's written a musical drama. His young piano student, Martin Niederhoffer, who works as a bookkeeper at Waterson, Berlin, and Snyder Music Publishers, convinces him to try to get Irving Berlin to publish and produce the work.

  • The RagTime Traveler
    The RagTime Traveler

    "The fourth Ragtime Mystery is filled with warmth and wonder and interesting music trivia, buoyed by the relationship between the two sleuths, which may well echo that between the late Larry Karp and his son, who finished this final ...