Many actors have played this role in many adaptations throughout the years. Scott playing Dortmunder. Kelp has put together a plan, and it means only one thing to Dortmunder. Kelp is nothing but a jinx, and the schemes he puts together, no matter how well put together, tend to fall apart quickly. It is airtight, he swears. He got this one out of a book. While he was in the county lock up on a traffic charge, he found some pulp novels by a writer who was named Richard Stark.
It stars Parker who is a thief whose plans work out, unlike their own. Parker executes akidnapping that just has to work for real, it is that brilliant. Dortmunder agrees to try the book as a blueprint, even though he is offended that his role as the planner has been taken over by Kelp.
It was simple in the book, but turns pretty complicated in real life. And there is no guide book to help him with all of the madness that he is now signed on for. Only a miracle would be able to keep Dortmunder out of the slammer. He cased the electronics place brilliantly, but the cops surprised him, turning up in that alley way when he had a television set in each hand.
He has a record, and faces down a long sentence. Radcliffe Stonewiler who is a celebrity lawyer shows up and gets him off, without much effort. Arnold Chauncey, he loves art but has a money problem, sent the lawyer. He wants Dortmunder to break into his house and steal a painting worth a lot of money.
In exchange, Dortmunder will get a quarter of the insurance payout. Chauncey has done this job two times before, so it will have to look real. He is not going to give Dortmunder any inside help. Shelve The Hot Rock. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Rate it:. Book 2. Bank Shot by Donald E. When John Dortmunder sets out to rob a bank, he re… More.
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