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The Spy in the Elevator
Donald Westlake
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So I rehearsed my various approaches, realizing that when the time came I would probably be so tongue-tied I'd be capable of no more than a blurted, "Will you marry me?" and I struggled with zippers and malfunctioning air-cons, and I managed somehow to leave the apartment at five minutes to ten.
Linda lived down on the hundred fortieth floor, thirteen stories away. It never took more than two or three minutes to get to her place, so I was giving myself plenty of time.
But then the elevator didn't come.
I pushed the button, waited, and nothing happened. I couldn't understand it.
The elevator had always arrived before, within thirty seconds of the button being pushe. . . Read More
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Amusing. I appreciate Donald Westlake’s facility with language and his clever scenarios.
From the front flap: Can a peace loving pacifist from a tiny downstate New York village named Greenwich find happiness in the middle of a mob of dedicated assassins? This is the question our hero, J. Eugene Raxford asks himself while ducking bullets, bombs, karate chops and - ultimately - swords....more
Silly, light and spoofy - it reads like later Westlake but is obviously an immature entry in his catalog.
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A very early Westlake romp, silly and fun.... but having a rather dated mid-60s feel and lacking the discipline that would enhance the gleefully subversive humor of his later work. Hey, he was still learning, and it's fun to watch him learning . This one pokes fun at naïve activism and political ext