The Gentleman Thief Steals a Blanket - Couverture souple

Nutter, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798317800123

Editeur : Bookbaby, 2025

Synopsis

Frustrated novelist Danny is resigned to writing material for trade shows, promoting garage doors and non-stick cookware. His ex-wife threatens legal action for non-payment of alimony. Danny never dreamed the answer to his troubles could be larceny.
But then wealthy, charming Packard Hale III reenters his life. He was Danny's college roommate, and like Lupin and Raffles, he now fancies himself a gentleman thief. Packard hires Danny to write about his capers.
Danny follows Packard as they break into a mansion and steal, among other things, a priceless Chinese vase and a curiously valuable souvenir blanket from Branson, Missouri. However, it's not Packard who is pursued by the police, but Danny.
Simultaneously, he struggles to please his client, a lawn-and-garden CEO with an erotic attraction to lawnmowers. Danny also endures abuse from Soren, a boozy has-been Vegas magician. He tolerates the mistreatment because of Crystal, the magician's assistant. He's falling for her.
When he learns Soren screwed Crystal out of rights to magic tricks she's created -- and in spite of the cops on his tail -- Danny plots revenge. He and Packard attempt the daring theft of a state-of-the-art lawnmower--during a live performance in front of 400 people.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

MARK NUTTER grew up in a motel near Joliet, Illinois, which is not as glamorous as it sounds. He's the author of three short story collections (Sunset Cruise on the River Styx, Giant Banana Over Texas, and Dancer on the Ceiling) as well as the novel The Gentleman Thief Steals a Blanket. He won both the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and the LA Weekly Theater Award for the music & lyrics for ReAnimator: The Musical. With Cynthia Carle he created the merrily twisted holiday musical Christmas Smackdown. He's also written for television (SNL, 3rd Rock from the Sun) and feature film (Almost Heroes). www.marknutter.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bookbaby
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798317800123
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible