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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780446178600
Book Title
Get Real
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Publication Year
2009
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Donald Westlake
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Mystery & Detective / General
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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In Donald E. Westlake's classic caper novels, the bad get better, the good slide a bit, and Lord help anyone caught between a thief named John Dortmunder and the current object of his attention. However, being caught red-handed is inevitable in Dortmunder's next production, when a TV producer convinces this thief and his merry gang to do a reality show that captures their next score. The producer guarantees to find a way to keep the show from being used in evidence against them. They're dubious, but the pay is good, so they take him up on his offer. A mock-up of the OJ bar is built in a warehouse down on Varick Street. The ground floor of that building is a big open space jumbled with vehicles used in TV world, everything from a news truck and a fire engine to a hansom cab (without the horse). As the gang plans their next move with the cameras rolling, Dortmunder and Kelp sneak onto the roof of their new studio to organize a private enterprise. It will take an ingenious plan to outwit viewers glued to their television sets, but Dortmunder is nothing if not persistent, and he's determined to end this shoot with money in his pockets.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
0446178608
ISBN-13
9780446178600
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71642684

Product Key Features

Book Title
Get Real
Author
Donald Westlake
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3573.E9g48 2009b
Reviews
Westlake again delivers a breezily fun tale of good-natured criminality in his deceptively simple style., On WHAT'S SO FUNNY?: "WHAT'S SO FUNNY? may be the best Dortmunder yarn yet. The hilarious scam he and his partners pull on an armored car crew is not to be missed.", Starred Review. Westlake's final Dortmunder novel is a winning send-up of our current fascination with reality TV. When Dortmunder and his associatesokay, his criminal gangare offered a role on a reality show dramatizing their exploits, they initially think it's a terrible idea. However, they soon see it as an opportunity to aid in their usual criminal pursuits. While the producers of their show believe that the group is staging a small-time robbery, they're actually working on a way to find what they believe is a large amount of money being housed by the production company. What's not expected is that they begin to enjoy their TV careers, an outcome that contributes a couple of laugh-out-loud scenes. Dortmunder, Andy Kelp, Stan Murch, and the other members of their inner circle are perfectly drawn, and their interactions make for excellent comedy. Westlake, who died last New Year's Eve, will be sorely missed, but he has left a fine last work that will add to his legacy. Highly recommended.Craig Shufelt, Fort McMurray P.L., AB Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved., Westlake gets the last laugh in his comic mystery WHAT'S SO FUNNY?, with a comic ending so laden with irony it almost has you thinking that crime doesn't pay. But of course it does pay in those laughs that land on every page., Westlake is a national literary treasure, and his latest effort only enhances his value. Neocon pundit William Kristol recently wrote that Westlake deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature. The neocons haven't been right about much lately, but Kristol just may be on to something this time.
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2008-933234
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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