by Donald E. Westlake · Rivages · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782743615284
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«Dégâts des eaux» is the crime novel by Donald E. Westlake, published by Rivages in paperback (620 pages, in French).
Thief John Archibald Dortmunder finds Tom Jimson, a former cellmate, at his home. Jimson buried loot in the village of Putkin's Corners, now submerged under a reservoir; to retrieve it he plans to blow up the dam even if it floods the local population. Dortmunder tries to find a less catastrophic way while the plans fail.
Seventh novel in the Dortmunder series; translation by Jean Esch of the English original 'Drowned Hopes' (1990), published in the Rivages/Noir collection (no. 599).
Recommended for readers of crime fiction who appreciate crime with humour and plots of impossible heists.
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake created two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series: the relentless, hardboiled Parker, and John Dortmunder, who featured in a more humorous series.
