Journal Entry 1 by chich from Sant Antoni de Portmany, Illes Balears/Islas Baleares Spain on Thursday, December 08, 2005

A fun, quick read. I really liked the characters (a team of ex-cons) and the very wacky conversations!

From Publishers Weekly:
In this boisterous 11th outing (after 2001's Bad News) featuring John Dortmunder, Westlake's hapless crook and his gang decide to hire on as live-in staff to a wealthy corporate crook as a way to get access to, and ultimately steal, his collection of antique cars. Then things start to crumble, as they tend to do around Dortmunder. Not his fault, of course. Who could know that three other sets of people are also plotting revenge on this same crook? Or that these other bozos would kidnap the crook, thereby bringing the police onto the scene just at the wrong time? And who could have predicted that Dortmunder would be kidnapped right along with the boss? The only thing we know for sure is, it's all funny. Nobody does comic capers better than Westlake. This one unfolds with such cinematic energy that we don't so much read it as watch while the players race around the countryside and almost bang into each other. Sparkling droplets of Westlake wit abound: a fence named Honest Irving, a small Pennsylvania town named Shickshinny, a security guard named Mort Pessle and Dortmunder's gargantuan pal Tiny, who "didn't so much sit in an automobile as wear it." Almost everyone comes out at the end with dignity and limbs intact, but with no loot. The good news for readers is that Dortmunder is free to try again another day. 

Journal Entry 2 by Heaven150 from Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Saturday, March 18, 2006

Received as a surprised RABCK from chich!! Thank you so very much!!! And all the way from France!!! Looking forward to reading this.

THANK YOU!!! 

Journal Entry 3 by Heaven150 from Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Cute book. Had some funny moments. I found all the scheming against Monroe Hall amusing. And the ending was bit unexpected. I think I would have enjoyed this more if I had read the other books in the series and had more of a feel for Dortmunder and his pals, but you don't need to have read the previous books to enjoy the story.

Read as part of the The New Authors A-Z Read & Release Challenge 

Journal Entry 4 by Heaven150 at EDMONTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - LONDONDERRY BRANCH in Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Monday, May 17, 2010

Released 2 yrs ago (5/17/2010 UTC) at EDMONTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - LONDONDERRY BRANCH in Edmonton, Alberta Canada

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Left on the used book shelf. There will be a small cost with proceeds going to the Edmonton Public Library.