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    Good Behavior: A Dortmunder Novel
    Good Behavior: A Dortmunder Novel
    Good Behavior: A Dortmunder Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    Good Behavior: A Dortmunder Novel

    Written by Donald Westlake

    Narrated by Brian Holsopple

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    About this audiobook

    John Dortmunderrsquo;s one of the slyest burglars going. But while fleeing the police during his latest caper, he falls through the roof of the Silent Sisterhood of St. Filumena-and into the lap of trouble.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateFeb 4, 2014
    ISBN9781622310807
    Good Behavior: A Dortmunder Novel
    Author

    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
      Good dortmunder book. Plot was hard to follow. Just as it always is with him
    • 4/5
      Dortmunder, while running from the police after a botched robbery, falls into a convent nuns, all of whom have taken a vow of silence! In exchange for the nuns silence with the police, John agrees to rescue a nun who has been kidnapped by her wealthy father in his attempt to get her to leave the convent. And at the same time, he and his 'gang' are going to rob many of the business in the building she is being held captive! What could go wrong?Another fun book from the Dortmunder series, with a few new characters to spice things up! I liked this one quite a bit, and enjoyed the way some of the plot details are wrapped up in letter form in Chapter 50! A nice ending for John and May too! Well deserved!
    • 4/5
      Dortmunder and his gang get in over their head again, this time involving a convent full of nuns on a vow of silence. Dortmunder was raised by nuns but these ones are the friendly kind and so he is inclined to help them. Not particularly memorable by Dortmunder standards but an amusing enough crime caper if you have time that needs passing.
    • 5/5
      I’m a huge fan of Westlake’s books featuring hapless burglar John Dortmunder, but this one is special. Thieves, nuns (silent nuns, no less), a Trump-esque evil businessman, a cult deprogrammer, and a private army of mercenaries combine with an insane plot to rescue a kidnapped novice nun to make one of the funniest books I’ve ever read.
    • 5/5
      Dortmunder does it again! Good addition to Westlake's Dortmunder series of crime caper novels. Quick and enjoyable read.