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Westlake, Donald E. -- Authorship.
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Creative writing.
American essays -- 20th century.
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Westlake, Donald E.
Westlake, Donald E. -- Authorship.
Authorship -- Technique.
Creative writing.
American essays -- 20th century.
American essays -- 21st century
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The
getaway
car
: a
Donald
Westlake
nonfiction
miscellany
/ edited by Levi Stahl ; with a new foreword by Lawrence Block.
by
Westlake
,
Donald
E.
The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Call #:
813.54 W529g
Subjects
Westlake
,
Donald
E. -- Authorship.
Authorship -- Technique.
Creative writing.
American essays -- 20th century.
American essays -- 21st century
ISBN:
9780226121819 (pbk. alk. paper)
022612181X (pbk. alk. paper)
9780226121956 (e-book) \
9780226121956 (e-book)
Uniform title:
Works. Selections
Description:
xix, 223 p. ; 23 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
My second life: Fragments from an autobiography --
Donald
E.
Westlake
, aka. ... -- So tell me about this job we're gonna pull: On genre -- Ten most wanted: Ten favorite mystery books -- Returning to the scene of the crime: On his own work -- Lunch break: May's famous tuna casserole -- The other guys in the string: Peers, favorites, and influences -- Coffee break: Letter to Ray Broekel -- Anything you say may be used against you: Interviews -- Midnight snack: Gustatory notes from all over -- Side jobs: Prison breaks, movie mobsters, and radio comedy -- Signed confessions: Letters -- Jobs never pulled: Title ideas -- Death row (Or, The happily ever afterlife): Letter to Ralph L. Woods.
Summary:
"Over the course of a fifty-year career,
Donald
E.
Westlake
published nearly one hundred books, including not one but two long-running series, starring the hard-hitting Parker and the hapless John Dortmunder. In the six years since his death,
Westlake
's reputation has only grown, with fans continuing to marvel at his tightly constructed plots, no-nonsense prose, and keen, even unsettling, insights into human behavior. With The
Getaway
Car
, we get our first glimpse of another side of
Westlake
the writer: what he did when he wasn’t busy making stuff up. And it's fascinating. Setting previously published pieces, many little seen, alongside never-before-published material found in
Westlake
's working files, the book offers a clear picture of the man behind the books--including his thoughts on his own work and that of his peers, mentors, and influences."--From publisher.
Genre:
Essays.
Other authors:
Stahl, Levi.
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