A Good Story and Other Stories

by Westlake, Donald E.

• ISBN13: 9781558820357
• ISBN10: 1558820353
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Summary

This collection of short fiction, selected by the author, spans a writing career of more than 40 years and illuminates the heart and soul of the antihero. A lone castaway on a desert island commits a murder for which he is the sole suspect. A genealogist learns just how far rotten apples fall from the family tree. A con man, impersonating a minister, finds religion. A tabloid journalist must solve a murder to complete his story on the death of a major television star, who happens to be a dog. A self-made widower discovers how hard it is to get rid of a wife, especially when she's dead.

Table of Contents

Sinner or Saint	7	(24)
One on a Desert Island	31	(11)
You Put On Some Weight	42	(12)
The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution	54	(14)
Good Night, Good Night	68	(18)
The Risk Profession	86	(33)
Never Shake a Family Tree	119	(16)
The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure	135	(10)
Sniff	145	(18)
Devilishly	163	(11)
The Sweetest Man in the World	174	(11)
A Good Story	185	(9)
Breathe Deep	194	(5)
Love in the Lean Years	199	(10)
Last-Minute Shopping	209	(6)
The Burglar and the Whatsit	215	(9)
Skeeks	224	(22)
Take It Away	246