The Hot Rock - Hardcover

Donald E. Westlake

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671205412 ISBN 13: 9780671205416

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1970

Synopsis

Near Fine book in Near Fine jacket. See scans and description. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First printing of the first edition. Octavo, 249 pp. Buff cloth-backed boards with green and gold spine imprint; pictorial dustjacket. A Near Fine example, with an as-manufactured crease on the back board and a very demure bit of foxing at edges of boards, in a near fine unclipped jacket showing light soiling and a small corner crease to the front flap, now protected in mylar. See scans. One of the scarcer of Westlake's rollicking suspense titles, and the first of the series featuring John Archibald Dortmunder as comic-caper protagonist. Basis of the 1972 with Robert Redford and a crew including George Segal, Zero Mostel and others. Scarce first edition, nice example. See scans. L17n

About this title

About the Author:

Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) wrote over a hundred novels under his own name and pseudonyms. Many of his books have been made into movies, including The Hunter, which was filmed as Point Blank; the 1999 smash hit Payback; and the 2013 movie Parker. The winner of the three Edgar Awards, he was named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society, in 1993.

Review:

“Westlake’s novel comes awesomely close to the ultimate in comic, big-caper novels; it’s so filled with action and imagination.” —The New York Times Book Review “Westlake is a master hand at the running gag this Westlake brought on such a case of the laughing bends that I required decompression.” —The Washington Post “[Westlake’s] most durable character. Whatever can go wrong in the man’s elaborate attempts at larceny invariably does, and in the most amusing and unexpected ways possible.” —Los Angeles Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0671205412
• ISBN 13: 9780671205416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 249