Title: Bank Shot
First published: 1972
Description: Instead of robbing a bank, Dortmunder tries to steal the whole building. Encyclopedias are heavy, and John Dortmunder is sick of carrying them. While in between jobs, the persistent heist-planner is working an encyclopedia-selling scam that's about to blow up in his face. The cops are on their way when his friend Kelp pulls up in a stolen Oldsmobile, offering a quick escape from the law and a job that's too insane to turn down. Kelp's nephew is an FBI washout who's addicted to old-time pulp novels and adventure stories. He tried being a cop, and now he wants to be a ro.
Subjects: Fiction in English, Criminals, Dortmunder (Fictitious character), Fiction, Thieves, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Dortmunder, john (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Criminals, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Mystery & Detective, General, Romans policiers, Crime, fiction
LC classification: PZ4.W53 Ban, PS3573.E9 Ban