From the "master of the rolling scam", here is a hilarious crime caper set in New York. A hot hustler is searching for a million-dollar Aztec sculpture that is accidentally mixed with cheap plaster copies. From Harlem to Greenwich, a motley cast chases the lost piece. Out of print since 1978. Evans.
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Westlake Is The Master Of The Hustle,
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This review is from: Dancing Aztecs (Mass Market Paperback)
Not only is this the book by which I judge every other comic crime novel I read, it is my favorite book, period. Westlake's writing is timeless in its humor, yet simultaneously, he manages to capture a snapshot of the culture about which he writes. A running theme of this novel is 'The Hustle,' the dance craze from the period in the 1970s in which it was written, as well as the more perfidious sort of hustle - a scam to smuggle one valuable artifact out of its native country in the midst of a box of fakes, and what happens when that scam goes wrong. Thick with a riot of vivid characters, I laugh and shake my head in disbelief every time I turn the page in this story. It is an amazing piece of work, and a brilliant testament to Donald E. Westlake's wit and craftiness.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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stomach hurts from laughing!,
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This review is from: Dancing Aztecs (Mass Market Paperback)
OK, we have 16 Dancing Aztec Statues that are given out as awards. Then we have to recover them because one of them is the "REAL THING." Worth over 1 million dollars. Oh, the hilarity abounds. All the searchers have made me pause to collect my breath...I can't laugh that hard for so long. It hurts! This is probably the funniest book I have ever read. Yes, a plot; yes, mystery; yes, hysteria...I honestly had to stop for a while to regain my breath. Donald Westlake, you are my new hero. Please read it and weep from tears of laughter.
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Westlake's Best,
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This review is from: Dancing Aztecs (Hardcover)
One of Westlake's very best. A priceless pre-Columbian dancing Aztec is stolen and shipped to New York with a dozen copies. Naturally it gets mixed up with the copies and several groups try to recover it. A scene on a boat, when Mel puts his foot in the sand-washing bucket is priceless. The scenes with Pedro puking his gulpe all over the pilot, and many others are wonderful. And only a master would think of describing the mad scramble on I 80 from the vantage of a high-flying hawk.. A very rich cast and plenty of funny situations. The ending is a surprise. I am currently on my fourth reading and enjoying is a much as ever.
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