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Overview

BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS.

The year is 1977, and America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go.

Not aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and presidents and veteran of countless USO tours to buck up American troops in the field. And not the five remaining members of the self-proclaimed People's Revolutionary Army, who've decided that kidnapping Koo Davis would be the perfect way to bring their cause back to life...

The final, previously unpublished novel from the legendary Donald Westlake!

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The late Westlake began this book toward the end of the 1970s but ultimately shelved it, partly because he felt the premise too closely mimicked Martin Scorsese's film The King of Comedy. He nonetheless sent a copy to his friend Max Allan Collins, who recently informed Hard Case of its existence (go Max!). Set in 1977, the plot follows the kidnapping of superstar entertainer Koo Davis (a thinly veiled Bob Hope) by the People's Revolutionary Army, a handful of leftover Sixties radicals, demanding the release of ten political prisoners. Readers wouldn't necessarily peg Westlake for a gag writer, but Koo delivers a lively string of Hope-esque zingers throughout. While the kidnappers want to use Koo to free incarcerated friends, Mike Wiskiel, the Watergate-disgraced FBI agent leading the investigation, also hopes to use the case to springboard himself back to Washington. VERDICT The characters are well drawn, the dialog flows, and the chapters speed by, making for a breezy, solid read. This late discovery is a welcome treat for Westlake's many fans. A natural for all mystery collections.—Mike Rogers, Library Journal
Patrick Anderson
The Comedy Is Finished is one of the best Westlake novels I've read…[Koo] Davis is a fine, funny, cynical, desperate character; he's a lovable rogue, and we keep reading to find out whether he can possibly survive the mess he's in.
—The Washington Post

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780857684080
  • Publisher: Titan
  • Publication date: 2/21/2012
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 101,109
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Donald E. Westlake was the award-winning author of more than 100 books and screenplays, including the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for The Grifters.  Named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America (the organization's highest honor), Westlake also received the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award three times. 

Under his famous pen name "Richard Stark," Westlake wrote the Parker crime novels that inspired the movies Point Blank and Payback, as well as the acclaimed graphic novel series by artist Darwyn Cooke.

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  • Posted March 26, 2012

    Westlake never fails!

    This late-released but early-written Donald Westlake story (possibly his first,) is an entertaing read. "Comedy" doesn't have a lot of the intensely funny one-liners as do later Westlake books, but the characters and their foibles are really well-drawn. Read it and you won't be disappointed.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 24, 2012

    very entertaining, good read

    The main character is a clone of Bob Hope, in a very difficult situation, working his way out of it while constantly cracking one liners. It would be a light hearted comedy, but the situation is far too difficult for that. Its a mix of jokes and deadly serious suspense. Donald Westlake at his best!

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