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Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct - Ed McBain
Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
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All at once, Fat Ollie Weeks had a truly brilliant idea... But as any real writer could tell you, that's how inspiration strikes -- with the sudden force of a violent crime. Known more for his foul mouth and short temper than his way with words, Detective Weeks has written a novel. But just as... show more
All at once, Fat Ollie Weeks had a truly brilliant idea... But as any real writer could tell you, that's how inspiration strikes -- with the sudden force of a violent crime. Known more for his foul mouth and short temper than his way with words, Detective Weeks has written a novel. But just as Isola is rocked by the murder of a mayoral candidate, the only copy of Ollie's manuscript is stolen -- and an all-too-real adventure begins as a thief follows Ollie's fictional blueprint to find a $2 million cache of nonexistent diamonds. Now, the 87th Precinct races to bring poetic justice to a cold-blooded assassin -- and someone's about to add another chapter to the colorful career of Ollie Weeks, a cop who's never played by the book....
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780743410335 (0743410335)
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: 87th Precinct 4 (#52)
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elisas8
elisas8 rated it
3.0 Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
the usual mcbain - quick, easy, entertaining. i prefer the focus to be on his 87th precinct characters instead of this side character, but still vintage mcbain.
Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it
4.0 Fat Ollie's Book
Ed McBain was the father of the police procedural Mystery and in Fat Ollie's Book he has his most offensive slob of a character write the worst police procedural novel imaginable. it is about as close to meta-fiction as you will find in a crime novel. Also a city councilman gets shot.
Tina's Reading Books
Tina's Reading Books rated it
1.0
I've read all the 87th precinct novels and found over the years that I enjoy the detectives of the Eight-Seven, their cases and their personal lives. I, however, don't like Ollie Weekes and am dismayed that he's playing an increasingly larger (no pun intended) role in the series. And it isn't becaus...
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