{"product_id":"9780226121956","title":"The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany","description":"Over the course of a fifty-year career, Donald E. Westlake published nearly one hundred books, including not one but two long-running series, starring the hard-hitting Parker and the hapless John Dortmunder. In the six years since his death, Westlake’s reputation has only grown, with fans continuing to marvel at his tightly constructed plots, no-nonsense prose, and keen, even unsettling, insights into human behavior.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With \u003ci\u003eThe Getaway Car\u003c\/i\u003e, we get our first glimpse of another side of Westlake the writer: what he did when he wasn’t busy making stuff up. And it’s fascinating. Setting previously published pieces, many little seen, alongside never-before-published material found in Westlake’s working files, the book offers a clear picture of the man behind the books—including his thoughts on his own work and that of his peers, mentors, and influences. The book opens with revealing (and funny) fragments from an unpublished autobiography, then goes on to offer an extended history of private eye fiction, a conversation among Westlake’s numerous pen names, letters to friends and colleagues, interviews, appreciations of fellow writers, and much, much more. There’s even a recipe for Sloth à la Dortmunder. Really.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Rounded out with a foreword by Westlake’s longtime friend Lawrence Block, \u003ci\u003eThe Getaway Car\u003c\/i\u003e is a fitting capstone to a storied career and a wonderful opportunity to revel anew in the voice and sensibility of a master craftsman.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120065954032,"sku":"9780226121956","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226121956_p0.jpg?v=1769915455","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226121956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}