THE ACTOR
Donald E. Westlake
December 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80336-774-3
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THE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE—
THE CONSEQUENCES 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 faces steep odds—and a bleak fate if he fails...

This noir masterpiece (originally published as Memory) by three-time Edgar Award-winner Donald E. Westlake—an Academy Award nominee for the screenplay of The Grifters—will soon be a major motion picture starring Andre Holland (Moonlight) and Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians).

  • This extraordinary unpublished novel was discovered after the death of best-selling novelist Donald E. Westlake
  • Westlake was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, the organization’s highest honor

Raves for the Work of Donald E. Westlake...

"One of the great writers of the 20th Century."
Newsweek

"The novel’s deeper meditations will keep you thinking long after you’ve closed the book."
USA Today