Call me a cab

Book

Call me a cab / by Donald E. Westlake.

Westlake, Donald E., (author.). Ardai, Charles, (writer of afterword.). Mann, Paul, 1955- (illustrator.). Titan Books (Firm), (publisher.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781789098181
ISBN: 1789098181
ISBN: 1789098203
ISBN: 9781789098204
Physical Description: 255 pages ; 20 cm.
Edition: First Hard Case Crime edition.
Publisher: London : Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Hard Case Crime novel."

"First publication anywhere"--Cover.

"[An] abridged novelette-length version of the book ... ran as a feature in Redbook magazine, which is the only place any portion of this book has ever appeared before."--Afterword (pages 242-243).

Includes an afterword by Charles Ardai (pages [241]-244) and an excerpt from Brothers Keepers by Donald E. Westlake (pages [245]-255).

"Original painting by Paul Mann for Hard Case Crime"--Back cover.

Summary, etc.:

"In 1977, one of the world's finest crime novelists turned his pen to suspense of a very different sort -- and the results have never been published, until now. Fans of mystery fiction have often pondered whether it would be possible to write a suspense novel without any crime at all, and in CALL ME A CAB the masterful Donald E. Westlake answered the question in his inimitable style. You won't find any crime in these pages -- but what you will find is a wonderful suspense story, about a New York City taxi driver hired to drive a beautiful woman all the way across America, from Manhattan to Los Angeles, where the biggest decision of her life is waiting to be made. It's Westlake at his witty, thought-provoking best, and it proves that a page-turner doesn't need to have a bomb set to go off at the end of it in order to keep sparks flying every step of the way." -- Back cover.