Comments on: Donald E. Westlake http://fringehead.com/wordpress/2009/01/donald-e-westlake/ mommy of the future Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Elizabeth http://fringehead.com/wordpress/2009/01/donald-e-westlake/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Elizabeth Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:00:40 +0000 http://fringehead.com/wordpress/?p=54#comment-25 Yes, that's the one - the Other Guy is completely amoral and reacts to every setback with "OK then, better flood the town." So Dortmunder, not the world's most altruistic fellow under normal circumstances, has to come up with a plan to save a ton of people's lives. It's awesome. And you can't really expect an Oscar, no matter how deserved, when you're up against a creative genius like Kevin Costner. Yes, that’s the one – the Other Guy is completely amoral and reacts to every setback with “OK then, better flood the town.” So Dortmunder, not the world’s most altruistic fellow under normal circumstances, has to come up with a plan to save a ton of people’s lives. It’s awesome.

And you can’t really expect an Oscar, no matter how deserved, when you’re up against a creative genius like Kevin Costner.

]]> By: Scott C. http://fringehead.com/wordpress/2009/01/donald-e-westlake/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Scott C. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:57:28 +0000 http://fringehead.com/wordpress/?p=54#comment-24 Is Drowned Hopes the one about Dortmunder and the Other Guy investigating the use of scuba gear to retrieve something from a town that was submerged by a dam? (I say "investigating" rather than "used," since I started the book on a plane, then probably lost at my destination, so I never got past the talking-to-the-guy-in-the-rundown-scuba-shop part.) I do remember enjoying what little I read. Novels aside, he deserved an Oscar™ for The Grifters. Is Drowned Hopes the one about Dortmunder and the Other Guy investigating the use of scuba gear to retrieve something from a town that was submerged by a dam? (I say “investigating” rather than “used,” since I started the book on a plane, then probably lost at my destination, so I never got past the talking-to-the-guy-in-the-rundown-scuba-shop part.) I do remember enjoying what little I read.

Novels aside, he deserved an Oscar™ for The Grifters.

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