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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.

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The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Westlake, Donald E. -- Authorship.

Authorship -- Technique.

Creative writing.

American essays -- 20th century.

American essays -- 21st century

9780226121819 (pbk. alk. paper)

022612181X (pbk. alk. paper)

9780226121956 (e-book) \

9780226121956 (e-book)

Works. Selections

xix, 223 p. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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