John Weagly's Blog – January 2009 Archive (1)

Goodbye Donald Westlake

Prolific mystery writer Donald Westlake (aka Richard Stark, aka Tucker Coe, aka several other pseudonyms) died on New Year’s Eve. Every August for my birthday I read a Donald Westlake “Dortmunder” novel and a Richard Stark “Parker” novel. Throughout the year I read other stuff he wrote, but this is always a special birthday treat for myself.



A couple of good sentences that always stuck with me:



“When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.”

-Opening… Continue

Added by John Weagly on January 2, 2009 at 1:02pm — No Comments

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