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The getaway car : a Donald Westlake nonfiction miscellany / edited by Levi Stahl ; with a new foreword by Lawrence Block.

Title
The getaway car : a Donald Westlake nonfiction miscellany / edited by Levi Stahl ; with a new foreword by Lawrence Block.
Author
Westlake, Donald E.
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]

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Additional Authors
  • Stahl, Levi
  • Block, Lawrence
Description
xix, 223 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Collection of published and unpublished gems: a memoir about learning to write, an imaginary interview between Westlake's various identities, essays on writing, introductions, and letters to writers like Stephen King and Brian Garfield. A true miscellany, this includes a piece by Abigail Westlake, a recipe for "May's Famous Tuna Casserole" and a 'Midnight snack'."--From the publisher.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections. 2014
Alternative Title
Works. 2014
Subject
  • Westlake, Donald E. > Authorship
  • Westlake, Donald E
  • Authorship > Technique
  • Creative writing
  • Nichtfiktionale Prosa
  • Amerikanisches Englisch
  • Authorship
  • Authorship > Technique
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
My second life: Fragments from an autobiography -- Donald E. Westlake, aka. ... -- So tell me about this job we're gonna pull: On genre -- Ten most wanted: Ten favorite mystery books -- Returning to the scene of the crime: On his own work -- Lunch break: May's famous tuna casserole -- The other guys in the string: Peers, favorites, and influences -- Coffee break: Letter to Ray Broekel -- Anything you say may be used against you: Interviews -- Midnight snack: Gustatory notes from all over -- Side jobs: Prison breaks, movie mobsters, and radio comedy -- Signed confessions: Letters -- Jobs never pulled: Title ideas -- Death row (Or, The happily ever afterlife): Letter to Ralph L. Woods.
ISBN
  • 9780226121819 (softcover : acid-free paper)
  • 022612181X (softcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780226121956 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2014003017
OCLC
  • 869552506
  • SCSB-12861797
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library