Douglas Grimes, penniless ex-pilot, is waiting for the future to start living again. A fortune in cash by a dead body in New York City brings opportunity. Miles Fabian, debonair, jet-set con-man, shows the way...Fast cars, fancy hotels, fancier woman. St Moritz, Paris, Florence,Rome Racehorses, blue movies, gambling, gold. Wild and woolly schemes, all wonderfully profitable. But the day of reckoning must dawn. Who will appear to claim the stolen money? And when?
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Irwin Shaw was born in New York in 1913 and began his literary career writing short stories, and plays for the stage and radio. During World War Two he served in North Africa, the Middle East and all over Europe, and it was after the war that he achieved widespread acclaim with his first novel, The Young Lions. Irwin Shaw wrote more than a dozen novels, all of which became worldwide bestsellers. A number of his books have also found success as feature films and TV serials, and they have been translated into twenty languages. Irwin Shaw died in 1984.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nightwork - A Must Read for Any Vacation,
By A Customer
This review is from: Nightwork (Hardcover)
Nightwork is a witty, engaging, dangerous and fun mystery/chase that trapses all over the globe and keeps you guessing at every corner. Unlike today's murder mysteries, it's anything but formula and you're disappointed when it's all over! I highly recommend this brilliant, fun book.Sidenote: Not having read any of Irwin Shaw's other works, I have been inspired to start buying his books and see if Nightwork is a standard peice or a departure from his typical writings.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Entertaining tale of rags to riches,
By Scott Watch (Vancouver, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nightwork (Hardcover)
After reading this book you will either venture to read everything Irwin Shaw has ever written or burn your copy of Nightwork.Welcome to the life of Douglas Grimes, an ex-pilot grounded for his failing eyes moves to New York in search of a new start. He works at the St. Augustine, a run down hotel, and places petty bets on the horses with a second-rate bookmaker. He leads a simple and non-important life. All this changes when he finds a man lying dead on the six floor of the hotel. After dragging him inside room 602 he finds a tube belonging to the corpse, with 100,000 dollars stuffed inside. Fleeing America, with the cash, he checks into a ritzy hotel in the Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz. Unpacking with visions of travelling Rome and London he finds, to his horror, he has accidentally swapped his bag at the airport, and has lost the money. Grimes finds himself both the hunter and the hunted with the rightful owners of the 100,000 hot on his trail. The reader and Grimes will travel Europe in search of lost fortunes and great wealth guided by Miles Fabian, a slick con-artist. Plenty of sex, champagne and caviar... Although highly entertaining to read, this book falls short of full satisfaction. I couldn't help but think of a hundred different endings that would have made it better. Having said that I strongly recommend this book on entertainment value alone.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miles Fabian is my role model,
By Robert R. (Europe) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nightwork (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book about 30 years ago. Although some things are simplified, that's what I want from life. Classy ladies, old fashioned hotels, quick money,....If I ever modeled myself on anybody, it's Miles Fabian (only I don't gamble). Long Live My Fiction Hero !
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