361, Donald E. Westlake
361, Donald E. Westlake
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361

Author: Donald E. Westlake

Narrator: L. J. Ganser

Unabridged: 5 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/15/2008


Synopsis

The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray Kelly woke up in the hospital, it was a month later, he was missing an eye, and his father was dead. Then things started to get bad. From the mind of the incomparable Donald E. Westlake comes a devastating story of betrayal and revenge, an exploration of the limits of family loyalty and how far a man will go when everything he loves is taken from him.

About Donald E. Westlake

Richard Stark (1933–2008), wrote dozens of novels under his own name and a rainbow of other pseudonyms. Many of his books have been adapted for film, most notably The Hunter, which became the 1967 noir Point Blank and the 1999 smash Payback.

About L. J. Ganser

L. J. Ganser is a multiple Audie Award–winning narrator with over six hundred titles recorded to date. Prized for versatility, his work ranges from preschool books to crime noir thrillers, from astronomical adventures in both science and science fiction, to Arctic Circle high school basketball stories. He lives in New York City with his family and dog, Mars.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on September 11, 2017

I'm going to have to re-evaluate Donald Westlake. I'd read a few of his stories here and there and found them too jovial and lighthearted. I like my noir humorless. I like my hard-boiled HARD. If there has to be laughter, it should be the mean-spirited laughter of a Charles Willeford novel. So I fig......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on February 11, 2020

Take away everything a man has and all that's he's got left is revenge. Ray Kelly is just an average, ordinary guy. Certainly no criminal. At least not until he's betrayed and robbed of everything dear to him, leaving him with only one purpose. Revenge. Not fueled by anger or fury, but only a sense......more

Goodreads review by Chris on December 04, 2021

Ok , I don't have a shelf for crime or hard crime or noir, all of which are genres this book has been allocated in. It's a story of vengeance, plain and simple. A short read that started out with a bang, a big twist comes in the middle and then for me it begins to sputter. Too much description of da......more

Goodreads review by Josh on January 04, 2018

Violence, vengeance, rage and revenge. Through a blood shattered window we see Ray Kelly's life unfold as it almost ends. Discharged from the Air Force, he's home and reunited with his father only to loose him in a seemingly unprovoked hail of hell-fire. Punctured with lead, Ray's father's death ope......more

Goodreads review by Benji's Books on June 13, 2025

A man's father is murdered and he finds out he was connected to the mob and seeks vengeance for his death. Early Westlake, but still very good. Recommended.......more


Quotes

“Westlake’s hard-boiled murder mystery is effectively read by L. J. Ganser…Ganser uses a variety of accents, as well as changes in pacing and volume, to provide unique voices for the myriad of underworld characters. Listeners will be carried along by the gripping story and Ganser’s impressive reading.” AudioFile