Overview
Donald E. Westlake's lost masterpiece MEMORY, adapted for the screen as THE ACTOR.
“An unsparing look at a man adrift, it's a fitting final dispatch from a master.”—Time
"Terse and bleak and low-key emotional… indelible."—Entertainment Weekly
THE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE –
THE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIME
Hospitalized after a liaison with another man’s wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul’s facing steep odds – and a bleak fate if he fails…
This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man’s struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.
This book title, The Actor, ISBN: 9781803367743, by Donald E. Westlake, published by Titan (January 28, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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