{"title":"Donald E. Westlake","description":"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","products":[{"product_id":"no-other-choice-previously-published-as-the-ax-paperback","title":"No Other Choice: Previously Published as the Ax - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead before you watch the movie based on this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing, from a multi-award-winning, widely acclaimed mystery master. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel of excruciating brilliance...engrossing and relentless and all too plausible.\" -- New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Burke Devore is a middle-aged manager at a paper company when the cost-cutting ax falls, and he is laid off. Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search.. With agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who could take the job that rightfully should be his, and systematically kills them. Transforming himself from mild-mannered middle manager to ruthless murderer, he discovers skills ne never knew he had -- and that come to him far too easily.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102209413343,"sku":"9781538784822","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/C-wCILGpfd9781538784822.webp?v=1781079146"},{"product_id":"the-actor-paperback","title":"The Actor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ACTOR: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANDRE HOLLAND, GEMMA CHAN, TRACEY ULLMAN and TOBY JONES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald E. Westlake's lost masterpiece MEMORY, adapted for the screen as THE ACTOR. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unsparing look at a man adrift, it's a fitting final dispatch from a master.\"--Time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Terse and bleak and low-key emotional... indelible.\"--Entertainment Weekly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE - \u003cbr\u003eTHE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIME \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHospitalized after a liaison with another man's wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul's facing steep odds - and a bleak fate if he fails... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man's struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103694393567,"sku":"9781803367743","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3BIefGyVfE9781803367743.webp?v=1781097455"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/donald-e-westlake.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}