by Donald E. Westlake · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429731637
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«Algú em deu calés» is the crime novel by Donald E. Westlake, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
Taxi driver Chet Conway gets a tip from a passenger about a horse race, bets, and when he goes to collect, finds his bookmaker murdered. Though he has nothing to do with it, he must convince the police, two rival gangs who think he works for the other, and the dead man's sister, who has come from Las Vegas to avenge the crime.
It belongs to the «Seleccions de la Cua de Palla» collection and was originally published in English in 1969 under the title «Somebody Owes Me Money».
Suitable for readers of noir and crime fiction with a taste for humor and satire.
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.
