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THE CRUEL TOUCH by Alan Marshall (Pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake)
A Midwood Publication
F259
THE CRUEL TOUCH
Alan Marshall (pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake)
1963
orig. cover price 50 cents
Interesting early Westlake sleaze about classic music disc jockey.
Very nice Rader cover art
NEAR FINE
Light cover wear to covers and spine, still flat and square.
A nice copy of this hard-to-find book.
$75
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First line:
" George Blair arranged himself comfortably in the leather chair and kept his eyes fixed on the clock. "

While certainly not the Bestlake (coudn't help myself!), this early Donald E. Westlake work was written around the same time as he was beginning his great PARKER series (as by Richard Stark), and some glimpses of that Stark, spare, crystaline writing style can be discerned throughout.

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