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    Money For Nothing
    Audiobook7 hours

    Money For Nothing

    Written by Donald Westlake

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Josh Redmont was 27 when the first check arrived, and he had absolutely no idea what it was for. Issued by 'United States Agent' through an unnamed bank with an indeterminate address in D.C., someone seemed to think Josh was owed $1,000. One month later, another check arrived, and then another, and another...and Josh cashed them all. Month after month, year after year, never a peep from the IRS, never an explanation for all this seemingly found money; the checks even followed Josh from one address to another as he moved through life. Now, after a full seven years, we find him on his way to meet the wife and kids for a summer vacation. Puzzled by the approach of a smiling stranger, Josh's stomach seizes with dread when the unwanted greeting begins with, 'I am from United States Agent.' Dumbstruck, Josh attempts to feign ignorance until he hears the words, 'You are now active.'
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 10, 2003
    ISBN9781415912386
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    Money For Nothing
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    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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    • 5/5
      Westlake is so entertaining. Money for Nothing is so fresh, so readable yet so clever, how does the man do it? As with most script-writing authors, there is so much just below the surface you are forced to read every chapter twice over for fear you've missed something. Brilliant stuff.Loved the doggerel of the nineteenth century poet: Thou shalt not kill, but need'st not strive/Officiously to keep alive. (Chapter 50)
    • 4/5
      Westlake is fun. I read his books quickly and sometimes they are just the 'thing' one needs in between more serious books.
    • 3/5
      I like Westlake when I start his books, including this one, then get impatient, like listening to a joke that goes on too long. It could be that my sense of humor just doesn't jibe with his, or not for 275 pages at any rate.
    • 4/5
      Another fun one from the late, lamented Donald Westlake. Story of a sleeper spy who doesn't know he is one until he's activated. Well, plotted and funny, with good NYC and Fire Island scenes.