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    The Busy Body
    The Busy Body
    The Busy Body
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Busy Body

    Written by Donald Westlake

    Narrated by Brian Holsopple

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    The funeral for a Mafia drug mule leads to trouble when the body goes missing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateFeb 28, 2012
    ISBN9781611748109
    Author

    Donald Westlake

    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 John Dortmunder, an unlucky thief, 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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    • 4/5
      A good yarn in the Westlake tradition. The hardcover edition I managed to secure is nearly sixty years old yet still gave me a few chuckles and many signs of things to come. Well worth a read if you can still find a copy.