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See moreAcademy Award nominee Donald Westlake ( The Grifters ) returns with a never-before-published thriller based on his story for a James Bond movie that never got made! With an afterword by Bond producer Jeff Kleeman.
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Academy Award nominee Donald Westlake (The Grifters) returns with a never-before-published thriller based on his story for a James Bond movie that never got made! With an afterword by Bond producer Jeff Kleeman.
A formerly rich businessman, thrown out of Hong Kong when the Chinese took over from the British, decides to fix his dire financial problems and take revenge on the Chinese by tunnelling under Hong Kong's bank vaults to steal all their gold. His plan involves using a doomsday device to set off a "soliton wave" that will turn the ground to sludge, causing the whole city to collapse.
Only the engineer on his staff, who designed the soliton wave technology (intending it for good purposes, to help with construction projects), can stop him. Together with a beautiful young environmental activist, who gets caught up in one of the soliton tests and nearly killed, they work to thwart the villain's plan.
From the deck of a yacht near the Great Barrier Reef to Australia and Singapore, and finally Hong Kong itself, it's a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as our heroes first struggle to escape the villain's clutches and then work to prevent his insanely destructive plan.
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Forever and a Death by Donald E. Westlake is praised for its escapist fun and thrilling storyline. It's considered an unexpected treat, especially cherished by fans as a posthumous work. The novel explores themes reminiscent of James Bond, leaving readers to ponder Westlake's potential contribution to the Bond universe. Featuring Westlake's signature setups, the novel is celebrated as a standout action thriller and is highly recommended for its inventive take on the genre.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781785654640
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 June 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hard Case Crime
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 367g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Donald E. Westlake is widely regarded as one of the great crime writers of the 20th century. He won three Edgar Awards and was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America. Many of his books have been made into movies; Westlake also wrote the screenplay for The Grifters for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
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