Jimmy the kid

Format:

Book

Title:

Jimmy the kid

Author:

Westlake, Donald E.

ISBN:

9780871311573

Publication Information:

New York, M. Evans [1974]

Physical Description:

191 pages 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Dortmunder ;

Number in series:

Summary:

Here's the five-member Dortmunder Gang trying to achieve the perfect crime by following a paperback novel. They intend to follow the book's blueprint for a child heist in order to succeed at last at something crooked. But, they never counted on this 12-year-old kid!

Subject(s):

Dortmunder (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Gifted children -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Criminals -- Fiction.

Genre:

Action and adventure fiction.

Fiction.

Adventure fiction.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Westlake, D.	Searching... Unknown

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Author Notes

Author Donald E. Westlake was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 12, 1933. He attended colleges in New York, but did not graduate. He wrote more than 100 novels and 5 screenplays throughout his lifetime. He also wrote under numerous pseudonyms including Richard Stark, Tucker Coe, and Samuel Holt. Almost 20 of his novels were adapted into films and he created the television series, The Father Dowling Mysteries. He is a three-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for The Grifters. He was also named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 1993. He died of a heart attack on December 31, 2008 at the age of 75.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

The genial fumblebums of The Hot Rock and The Bank Shot come up with a foolproof notion out of a paperback by Richard Stark (Westlake's cover) -- namely the apprehension of Jimmy the kid who is a precocious thirteen and has anticipated his kidnapping in a session with his shrink Schrankenzieher who tells him he's paranoid. Actually he has a good time on his outing -- watching television, playing hearts -- and at the end of course this kid's not caught napping when he leaves his captors with a few bills and his dirty laundry. Knee-high to nothing, but Jimmy's engaging and so is Westlake who knows how to convert a nice notion into a nice bundle. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.