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  • The Hot Rock

  • The First Dortmunder Novel
  • Written by: Donald E. Westlake
  • Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Written by: Donald E. Westlake
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Publisher's Summary

John Dortmunder and company are hired by an U.N. African Ambassador to steal the famed Balabomo Emerald from the hands of a rival African country. But their daring and clever burglarly goes awry, and the emerald slips through their fingers. Undaunted, Dortmunder chases the gem by plane, train and automobile in hot pursuit of the hot rock.
©1970 Donald E. Westlake (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
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"Westlake's novel comes awesomely close to the ultimate in comic, big-caper novels; it's so filled with…action and imagination." ( New York Times Book Review)
"Westlake is a master hand at the running gag….This Westlake brought on such a case of the laughing bends that I required decompression." ( Washington Post)
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