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Hungry for money, a gang of losers led by bumbling burglar John Dortmunder attempts to carry out a caper that involves the kidnapping of a twelve-year-old prodigy. Reissue. NYT.
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| 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful  Funny, Suspenseful, Awesome, By A Customer This review is from: Jimmy the Kid (Mass Market Paperback) This book is excellent. It is a well thought out, well written Comedy about the Troubles in the Dortmunder gang, A loveable and hilarious group. Donald E. Westlake is an amazing and talented author. Definitly worth the read. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful What?! Funny, yes I said funny!, By A Customer This review is from: Jimmy the Kid (Mass Market Paperback) Westlake's Dortmunder books are his best. This is perhaps the funniest of those comic capers. A young genius cons the cons in this ironic, whimsical and hilarious adventure. Hard as they may try, Dortmunder, Kelp and the gang always lose, and though we empathize, we love seeing them do it. 6 of 8 people found the following review helpful  Art Imitates Life Which Imitates Art, By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 113,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews    This review is from: Jimmy the Kid (Mass Market Paperback) All of Donald E. Westlake's Dortmunder novels lampoon the usual crime genre by portraying robbers as bunglers with bad luck. In Jimmy the Kid, Mr. Westlake really takes the gloves off to show his contempt for crime novels. The results are hilarious and you'll be glad you read this book.As the book opens, Dortmunder is looking to break into a warehouse in a neighborhood where people live . . . so he needs to be quiet. Suddenly someone is calling out his name and trying to get his attention. Dortmunder can't believe that anyone would do this to him. But it's only Andy Kelp who is trying to help. Dortmunder has slightly miscalculated where the warehouse is. Dortmunder takes a long time to get over being angry with Kelp about this incident. As a result, he's slow to take to Kelp's idea that the gang kidnap a child following the plot of a novel called Child Heist by Richard Stark. Eventually, Mae (Dortmunder's live-in girlfriend), Stan Murch (his favorite driver), Murch's Mom... Read more |
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