Forever and a Death Contributor(s): Westlake, Donald E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1785654233 ISBN-13: 9781785654237 Publisher: Hard Case Crime OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime |
Dewey: 813.54 |
LCCN: 2017016776 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Bond That Never Was Two decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The plot Westlake dreamed up - about a Western businessman seeking revenge after being kicked out of Hong Kong when the island was returned to Chinese rule - had all the elements of a classic Bond adventure, but political concerns kept it from being made. Never one to let a good story go to waste, Westlake wrote an original novel based on the premise instead - a novel he never published while he was alive. Now, nearly a decade after Westlake's death, Hard Case Crime is proud to give that novel its first publication ever, together with a brand new afterword by one of the movie producers describing the project's genesis, and to give fans their first taste of the Westlake-scripted Bond that might have been. |