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Title: Put a Lid on It by Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 0-446-61205-7 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A delightful return to old Westlake territory
Comment: After the superb (and darkly satirical) social commentary of "The Ax" and the intense psychological morality of "The Hook" Donald Westlake has returned to old, familiar and very funny territory for him -- the humorous crime caper novel. Once again we have a likable, non-violent career criminal who finds himself getting in over his head. Francis (not "Frank") Meehan finds himself for the first time in his life in a Federal lockup awaiting trial for an accidental Federal crime (well, how could he have known there was registered mail, for goodness sakes, in that trailer truck supposed to full of computer gear?). And then fate intervenes. Or, more exactly, the political committee for the reelection of the President of the United States intervenes. Wishing to carry out a Watergate-type endeavor without all that unfortunate publicity, the presidential advisors have decided to employ a professional burglar instead of using amateur enthusiasts and spies. Enter (or, rather, exit from jail) Francis Meehan. And he and the reader are off and running. No, "Put a Lid on It" doesn't possess the emotional whallop of "The Ax" or "The Hook" but sometimes it is enough just to have a darned good time. It's fast, it's funny, and it even involves a joint Israeli-Egyptian Intelligence team. How can you go wrong?
Rating: 5
Summary: PROFESSIONAL THIEF vs. POLITICAL CROOKS
Comment: Westlake is up against the real crooks this time as he takes on the spindoctors, dirty tricks and honorable candidates of our national political scene. And you know he's going to win in the end by poking fun "RIGHT" and "LEFT!"
Francis Xavier Meehan is a thief. He's also sitting in jail getting ready to be found guilty of "big time" federal charges because the ordinary truck he helped hijack wasn't full of the expected computer stuff from Mexico, but U.S. Postal Service mail. Then out of the blue a very non-lawyerly person claiming to be his lawyer shows up at the jail to see him and makes him a deal that he can't refuse. It seems as if the president, who is running for re-election has committed a slight political blunder, which just happens to be detailed on a video tape the opposition is going to release as a last minute dirty trick that will blow the election. So Meehan agrees to the offer which is to steal the tape and watch the federal charges disappear.
So, do you really expect a bunch of politicians to ever do anything right - especially in a Westlake comedy of errors? Before long everyone from the opposition to international espionage agents know that something is brewing with Francis Xavier.
There's no "little blue dress" in this political farce, but expect to see just about everything else. Westlake has returned to his classic comic crime style for this one and created a whole new cast of enjoyable characters that really deserve a second visit. Hint. Hint. This one has my total recommendation.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great!
Comment: So glad to see more of the witty, stylish Westlake back. The grim stuff (The Axe) is flooding the market; there is no one better at writing the witty mystery than Westlake.
This engaging, fast-paced tale hearkens back to my favorite Dortmunder, What's the Worst That Can Happen?
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Title: Money for Nothing by Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 0446613789 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Bad News by Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 0446610844 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Don't Ask (Dortmunder Novels (Paperback)) by Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 0446400955 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Thieves' Dozen (Dortmunder Novels (Paperback)) by Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 0446693022 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Hot Rock (Westlake, Donald E. Dortmunder Series.) by Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 0446677035 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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