Search Results for "Donald E. Westlake": 14 results
Westlake, Donald E.: (01) The Hot Rock: I bought several caper movies on DVD recently, including the film adaptation of Donald E. Westlake's The Hot Rock. (Discussion of the film itself is on my LiveJournal.) The movie, of course, prompted a re-read. This is the first...
Westlake, Donald E.: (01) The Hot Rock (re-read): We interrupt this re-read of the Dark Is Rising series for the beginning of the Donald E. Westlake Memorial Dortmunder re-read, starting with the first book, The Hot Rock. I described the plot of this one previously, so I'll just...
Westlake, Donald E.: (02) Bank Shot: Bank Shot is second in the Donald E. Westlake Memorial Dortmunder re-read. This is the one in which they steal a bank. Not rob a bank, steal a bank. (It's in a trailer while the usual building is under construction.)...
Westlake, Donald E.: (03) Jimmy the Kid: I hadn't planned to resume the Donald E. Westlake Memorial Dortmunder Re-Read—had in fact picked up Jimmy the Kid and put it back down as not what I was in the mood for—and then I found myself with a sleeping...
Westlake, Donald E.: (06) Good Behavior: Thank goodness for Donald E. Westlake. Friday morning, I spent a ridiculous amount of time staring at my bookshelves. I just didn't feel like reading anything I had. Finally, my eye lit on Good Behavior, which was sitting off...
Westlake, Donald E.: (08) Don't Ask: Well, the bar's over, thankfully, and now I have time to both write and read. Though, actually, I got an entire book read during the bar itself, Donald E. Westlake's Don't Ask. They at least give you long lunches...
Westlake, Donald E.: (09) What's the Worst That Could Happen?: So [after reading The Road to Ruin], in search of a Dortmunder plot, I went back to one of my very favorite Dortmunders, What's the Worst That Could Happen?. As far as I'm concerned, this is very nearly perfection: it...
Westlake, Donald E.: (10) Bad News: One of the best ways to unwind is with one of Donald E. Westlake's Dortmunder books. I finished a nice leisurely re-read of Bad News a few days ago, but haven't had time to update this since. I don't...
Westlake, Donald E.: (11) Thieves' Dozen: When I saw that Donald E. Westlake had a new collection of Dortmunder short stories, Thieves' Dozen, I said, "Oooh! I didn't know there were Dortmunder short stories! I must have this." And I did, and it was good....
Westlake, Donald E.: (12) Road to Ruin: As well as a new Dortmunder collection from Donald E. Westlake, there was also a new Dortmunder novel, Road to Ruin. Unfortunately, the novel isn't nearly as good as the collection. I fervently hope this is not the start...
Westlake, Donald E.: (12.5) "Walking Around Money": I have Audible's new audiobooks as an RSS feed, so when I saw a novella by Donald E. Westlake pop up, I promptly headed to the library. While picking up the anthology Transgressions, edited by Ed McBain, I also...
Westlake, Donald E.: (13) Watch Your Back!: The new Westlake novel, Watch Your Back!, is a much more satisfying piece of work than the last Dortmunder novel, Road to Ruin. Here, the (formerly) loathsome fence Arnie Albright hands Dortmunder and Co. an extremely easy job. However, Dortmunder's...
Westlake, Donald E.: (14) What's So Funny?: A quick catch-up post: What's So Funny? is Donald E. Westlake's most recent Dortmunder novel, which is not longer that recent because this post got stuck behind quite a lot of other things. This isn't a great Dortmunder book, but...
Westlake, Donald E.: Put A Lid On It: In the interests of clearing up some of my backlog, here are some quick hits on books that I don't have much to say about (there are a few things that I'm just skipping completely as not worth the...