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Donald Westlake

Sometimes We Root for the Crooks

Lev Raphael | Posted 03.24.2013 | Books
Read More: Donald Westlake, Crime Fiction, Crime Novels, Parker Novels, Crime, Shonda Rhimes, Scandal, Crime Thrillers, George Clooney, Jason Statham, Books News
Lev Raphael

This rough justice often carries readers and viewers along to cheer for the law breakers. Maybe they enact our taboo impulses, maybe not. But there's something deeply satisfying in watching characters you like cross the line and work out their own form of justice.

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The Year of Reading Communally

Dave Astor | Posted 08.15.2012 | Books
Read More: Short Stories, Time-Travel Novels, Time Travel, Wilkie Collins, Margaret Drabble, Margaret Atwood, Henry Fielding, Gogol, Mary Shelley, Khaled Hosseini, Donald Westlake, Cats, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Anton Chekhov, Jonathan Franzen, French Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Mordecai Richler, Elizabeth Strout, Tracy Chevalier, Dogs, Booth Tarkington, Jeffrey Eugenides, Books News
Dave Astor

My first "HuffPost Books" piece was posted a year ago this month, and I'd like to use that trivial anniversary to thank commenters for introducing me to many authors and novels I had never read before.

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Are Novels Better With Large Casts or Small Casts?

Dave Astor | Posted 07.02.2012 | Books
Read More: J.K. Rowling, Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, Barbara Kingsolver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Novels, Literary Characters, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Charlotte Bronte, Books News
Dave Astor

For a book with "Solitude" in its title, it sure has lots of characters! After recently reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, I've been thinking about whether novels are better with large casts or small casts.

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Mystery Writer Donald Westlake Dies

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Donald Westlake, Books, Media News

NEW YORK — Donald Westlake, a prolific author considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has died...

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