Bank Shot

Description:

Instead of robbing a bank, Dortmunder tries to steal the whole building. Encyclopedias are heavy, and John Dortmunder is sick of carrying them. While in between jobs, the persistent heist-planner is working an encyclopedia-selling scam that's about to blow up in his face. The cops are on their way when his friend Kelp pulls up in a stolen Oldsmobile, offering a quick escape from the law and a job that's too insane to turn down. Kelp's nephew is an FBI washout who's addicted to old-time pulp novels and adventure stories. He tried being a cop, and now he wants to be a ro.

subjects: Fiction in English,  Criminals,  Dortmunder (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Thieves,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Dortmunder, john (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Criminals, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Mystery & Detective,  General,  Romans policiers,  Crime, fiction