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Drowned Hopes
Donald E. Westlake
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Description for Drowned Hopes
Paperback. Dortmunder's past comes back to haunt him when he returns home after an unsuccessful burglary and finds his old cellmate sitting in his living room. He needs Dortmunder's help in retrieving $700,000 that he'd buried in a small town 30 years before Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 384.
Dortmunder's past comes back to haunt him when he returns home after an unsuccessful burglary and finds his old cellmate sitting in his living room. He needs Dortmunder's help in retrieving $700,000 that he'd buried in a small town 30 years before. The problem is that, while he sat in jail, the State of New York flooded the area to build a reservoir; the loot is now under a few feet of dirt and many feet of water. Being a man of great determination but few ethical principles, the thief plans to blow up the dam, emptying the reservoir but ... Read more
Dortmunder's past comes back to haunt him when he returns home after an unsuccessful burglary and finds his old cellmate sitting in his living room. He needs Dortmunder's help in retrieving $700,000 that he'd buried in a small town 30 years before. The problem is that, while he sat in jail, the State of New York flooded the area to build a reservoir; the loot is now under a few feet of dirt and many feet of water. Being a man of great determination but few ethical principles, the thief plans to blow up the dam, emptying the reservoir but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847245205
SKU
V9781847245205
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Ref
99-10
About Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) was a prolific author of crime fiction. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America bestowed the society's highest honour on Westlake, naming him a Grand Master.
Reviews for Drowned Hopes
Laughs that land on every page...the author's inventive mind never fails him - New York Times Book Review
New York Times
It's all funny. Nobody does caper better than Westlake - Publishers Weekly
Publisher's Weekly
New York Times
It's all funny. Nobody does caper better than Westlake - Publishers Weekly
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