{"product_id":"the-actor-9781803367743","title":"The Actor","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE ACTOR: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANDRE HOLLAND, GEMMA CHAN, TRACEY ULLMAN and TOBY JONES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald E. Westlake's lost masterpiece MEMORY, adapted for the screen as THE ACTOR. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unsparing look at a man adrift, it's a fitting final dispatch from a master.\"--Time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Terse and bleak and low-key emotional... indelible.\"--Entertainment Weekly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE - \u003cbr\u003eTHE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIME \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHospitalized 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's facing steep odds - and a bleak fate if he fails... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man's struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald E. Westlake\u003c\/b\u003e is widely regarded as one of the great crime writers of the 20th century. He won\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethree Edgar Awards and was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America. Many of his books have been made into movies; Westlake also wrote the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Grifters\u003c\/i\u003e for which he received an Academy Award nomination.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hard Case Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186664276242,"sku":"9781803367743","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d3faa66-5ebb-4170-b187-e32936c08e8a.jpg?v=1744629238","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-actor-9781803367743","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}