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The Spy in the Elevator

By Donald E. Westlake

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

In a world of towering structures, a young hopeful's proposal plans are scuttled when he finds himself entangled with a trapped spy, a broken elevator, and the question of whether there's any life past the Projects.

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2016-04-07
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Summary

"The Spy in the Elevator" by Donald E. Westlake is a humorous science fiction story that takes place in a future where people live in tall buildings called Projects because the outside world is dangerous. The story follows Edmund Rice, a young man whose plan to propose to his girlfriend gets messed up when a spy gets stuck in an elevator. The story shows Rice's crazy day as he deals with the broken elevator. As he gets more and more frustrated and tries to get to Linda, the story uses funny, but dark humor to develop plot.

About the Author

Donald Edwin Westlake was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake created two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series: the relentless, hardboiled Parker, and John Dortmunder, who featured in a more humorous series.

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