When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

About “When the Sacred Ginmill Closes”

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes is a Matthew Scudder novel by Lawrence Block, published in 1986, four years after Eight Million Ways to Die. Based on the short story "By the Dawn's Early Light," it revived Block's interest in the character, leading to ten more titles in the series. Its title derives from the Dave Van Ronk song "Last Call." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)