On Sale: Mar 1, 2003
Page Count: 304 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780446612050

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In this uproariously funny novel from “a national literary treasure,” a career criminal is offered a new life outside of prison — if he can steal a compromising video of the president (Booklist).

Meehan, a career thief staring at life without parole, is awaiting sentencing at the Manhattan Correctional Center when he is called to a meeting by someone masquerading as his lawyer.

The man, it turns out, represents the presidential re-election campaign committee — now finding itself in need of a little professional help. So they “outsource” Meehan in return for a walk from all pending criminal charges. All he has to do is steal a compromising video tape before the other side springs an “October Surprise” on the president.

A shrewd burglar, Meehan bites, and shows just how easy Watergate would have been had they left it to the professionals.

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Donald E. Westlake has written numerous novels over the past thirty-five years under his own name and pseudonyms, including Richard Stark. Many of his books have been made into movies, including The Hunter, which became the brilliant film noir Point Blank, and the 1999 smash hit Payback. He penned the Hollywood scripts for The Stepfather and The Grifters, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. The winner of three Edgar awards and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, Donald E. Westlake was presented with The Eye, the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Shamus Awards. He lives with his wife, Abby Adams, in rural New York State. For more information, visit his website: www.donaldwestlake.com.

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Donald E. Westlake

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Donald E. Westlake (1933–2008) was one of the most prolific and talented authors of American crime fiction. He began his career in the late 1950s, churning out novels for pulp houses—often writing as many as four novels a year under various pseudonyms—but soon began publishing under his own name. His most well-known characters were the unlucky thief John Dortmunder and a ruthless criminal named Parker. His writing earned him three Edgars and a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Westlake’s cinematic prose and brisk dialogue made his novels attractive to Hollywood, and several motion pictures were made from his books, with stars such as Lee Marvin and Mel Gibson. Westlake wrote several screenplays himself, receiving an Academy Award nomination for his adaptation of The Grifters, Jim Thompson’s noir classic

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