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Jimmy the Kid

Taking cues from a pulp novel, Dortmunder arranges a kidnapping. Kelp has a plan, and John Dortmunder knows that means trouble. His friend Kelp is a jinx, and his schemes, no matter how well intentioned, tend to spiral quickly out of control. But this one, Kelp swears, is airtight. He read it in a book. In county lock-up for a traffic charge, Kelp came across a library of trashy novels by an author named Richard Stark. The hero is a thief named Parker whose plans, unlike Kelp and Dortmunder's, always work out. In one, Parker orchestrates a kidnapping so brilliant that,

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  • "Brownstone house"@en
  • "Olmec head"@en

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  • "Taking cues from a pulp novel, Dortmunder arranges a kidnapping. Kelp has a plan, and John Dortmunder knows that means trouble. His friend Kelp is a jinx, and his schemes, no matter how well intentioned, tend to spiral quickly out of control. But this one, Kelp swears, is airtight. He read it in a book. In county lock-up for a traffic charge, Kelp came across a library of trashy novels by an author named Richard Stark. The hero is a thief named Parker whose plans, unlike Kelp and Dortmunder's, always work out. In one, Parker orchestrates a kidnapping so brilliant that,"@en
  • ""Kelp has a plan, and John Dortmunder knows that means trouble. His friend Kelp is a jinx, and his schemes, no matter how well intentioned, tend to spiral quickly out of control. But this one, Kelp swears, is airtight. He read it in a book. In county lock-up for a traffic charge, Kelp came across a library of trashy novels by an author named Richard Stark. The hero is a thief named Parker whose plans, unlike Kelp and Dortmunder's, always work out. In one, Parker orchestrates a kidnapping so brilliant that, Kelp thinks, it would have to work in real life. Though offended that his usual role as planner has been usurped, Dortmunder agrees to try using the novel as a blueprint. Unfortunately, what's simple on the page turns complex in real life, and there is no book to guide him through the madness he's signed on for"--Amazon.com."@en
  • "Dortmunder entreprend d'enlever un enfant à la demande d'Andy Help, en suivant une méthode décrite dans un roman de Richard Stark. Il espère ainsi progresser dans sa profession. L'enfant, Jimmy Harrington, fils d'un avocat de Wall Street, n'a que douze ans mais se révèle beaucoup plus intelligent que ses ravisseurs. Il finit par prendre en main son propre enlèvement."
  • "Here's the five-member Dortmunder Gang trying to achieve the perfect crime by following a paperback novel. They intend to follow the book's blueprint for a child heist in order to succeed at last at something crooked. But, they never counted on this 12-year-old kid!"
  • "Here's the five-member Dortmunder Gang trying to achieve the perfect crime by following a paperback novel. They intend to follow the book's blueprint for a child heist in order to succeed at last at something crooked. But, they never counted on this 12-year-old kid!"@en

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  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "Jimmy the Kid Roman"
  • "Jimmy the kid : Kriminalroman"
  • "Jimmy the Kid"@en
  • "Jimmy the Kid"
  • "Jimmy the kid"@en
  • "Jimmy the kid"
  • "Jimmy the Kid : Roman : [Wer dieses Kind entführt, ist selber schuld]"
  • "Jimmy the kid : a Dormunder novel"@en

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