by Donald E. Westlake · Ediciones Júcar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433436504
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«Un diamante al rojo vivo» is the crime novel by Donald E. Westlake, published by Ediciones Júcar in paperback (184 pages, in Spanish).
John Dortmunder and his gang are hired to steal the famous Balabomo diamond, hidden in an African country. Dortmunder, a skilled and meticulous thief but plagued by bad luck, strings together failed attempts that complicate the heist. A story of robberies where the suspense of the crime genre blends with constant humour.
It is the first title in the Dortmunder series, no. 50 of the Etiqueta Negra collection, and was originally published as «The Hot Rock» in 1970; it was a candidate for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1971.
For readers of crime fiction and heist stories told with humour.
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.
