Jimmy the Kid (1974) – M. Evans & Co.

A Dortmunder Heist (#3)

___“What’s that?”
___“It’s a book.”
___“I know it’s a book. What is it?”
___“It’s for you to read,” Kelp said. “Here, take it.” He was still staring at the roof and holding his nose, and he was merely waving the book in Dortmunder’s direction.
___So Dortmunder took the book. The title was Child Heist, and the author was somebody named Richard Stark. “Sounds like crap,” Dortmunder said.
___“Just read it,” Kelp said.
___“Why?”
___“Read it. Then we’ll talk.”
___Dortmunder hefted the book in his hand. A skinny paperback. “I don’t get the point,” he said.
___“I don’t want to say anything till after you read it,” Kelp said. “Okay? I mean, after all, you gave me a nosebleed, you can anyway read a book.”
___Dortmunder thought of saying several things about furs, but he didn’t. The traffic light was green. “Maybe,” he said, and tossed the paperback behind him, and drove on.

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M. Evans & Co., 1974 (HC)
Ballantine, 1976 (PB)
Mysterious Press, 2012 (PB)
Rivages (France), 2005 (PB)
E-Book, 2011
Audio Book, 2013
Jimmy the Kid (Zephyr), 1982