Broderick, McCutcheon, Westlake

[ecbatan]

Books Considered: The Sea's Furthest End, by Damien Broderick;  Graustark, by George Barr McCutcheon; What's So Funny, by Donald Westlake

Damien Broderick is an Australian (now living in Texas) writer, editor, and critic who has been publishing for well over 40 years. He's made the occasional splash with novels like The Dreaming Dragons and The

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[kate_nepveu]

The last Dortmunder is actually _Get Real_, in which a reality TV company wants to make a series about the gang pulling off a heist. It was finished by Westlake but published posthumously.

I liked it. It's not an _end_ but it's a good place to stop.

[ecbatan]

Thanks! I should have known that ... I'll be looking out for it.

[bg_editor]

Curiously, I've never seen George Bar M and Dortmunder mentioned together, but I knew both topics growing up. My dad co-authored a book on Geo M's Graustark books, and I still remember when one of us discovered the Dortmunder books. My mom and dad and I were all reading them, passing them around to each other as we finished. Something we could all enjoy.

I don't think any of us much enjoyed the Graustark books. I remember my dad telling me pretty certainly I wouldn't care for them. I think my mom read a few out of curiosity. Far as I know, she's still got a pretty complete colelction of the things in a box somewhere...