The getaway car
Subtitle: a Donald Westlake nonfiction miscellany
By: edited by Levi Stahl ; with a new foreword by Lawrence Block
Contributors: Stahl, Levi, editor; Block, Lawrence, writer of foreword
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780226121819
Subjects: Authorship; Technique; Creative writing
Work titles: Works
Description: "Collection of published and unpublished gems: a memoir about learning to write, an imaginary interview between Westlake's various identities, essays on writing, introductions, and letters to writers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'."--
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: My second life: Fragments from an autobiography --; title: Donald E. Westlake, aka. ... --; title: So tell me about this job we're gonna pull: On genre --; title: Ten most wanted: Ten favorite mystery books --; title: Returning to the scene of the crime: On his own work --; title: Lunch break: May's famous tuna casserole --; title: The other guys in the string: Peers, favorites, and influences --; title: Coffee break: Letter to Ray Broekel --; title: Anything you say may be used against you: Interviews --; title: Midnight snack: Gustatory notes from all over --; title: Side jobs: Prison breaks, movie mobsters, and radio comedy --; title: Signed confessions: Letters --; title: Jobs never pulled: Title ideas --; title: Death row-- (Or, The happily ever afterlife): Letter to Ralph L. Woods.