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An edition of The hot rock: the first Dortmunder novel (1970)

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An edition of The hot rock: the first Dortmunder novel (1970)

The hot rock

the first Dortmunder novel

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John Archibald Dortmunder is the thief whose capers never quite come off. Here, the released convict and his ride pal Kelp plot to steal the $500,000 Balaboma Emerald. The former British colony has recently become independent and split. The Akinzi have the stone, the Talabwo want it back, and their UN rep will pay for retrieval.

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Mysterious Press
Language
English
Pages
287

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Fiction Criminals Dortmunder (Fictitious character) Fiction, mystery & detective, general New york (n.y.), fiction Dortmunder, john (fictitious character), fiction Fiction, action & adventure Criminals, fiction

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2001, Mysterious Press
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1970, Simon and Schuster, Simon & Schuster
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
The Dortmunder series
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3573.E9 H68 2001, PS3573.E9H68 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
287 p. ;
Number of pages
287

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6790832M
ISBN 10
0446677035
LCCN
00053414
OCLC/WorldCat
45320540
LibraryThing
118106
Goodreads
596576

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19133W

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