{"product_id":"forever-and-a-death-paperback","title":"Forever and a Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald E. Westlake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bond That Never Was \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The plot Westlake dreamed up - about a Western businessman seeking revenge after being kicked out of Hong Kong when the island was returned to Chinese rule - had all the elements of a classic Bond adventure, but political concerns kept it from being made. Never one to let a good story go to waste, Westlake wrote an original novel based on the premise instead - a novel he never published while he was alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, nearly a decade after Westlake's death, Hard Case Crime is proud to give that novel its first publication ever, together with a brand new afterword by one of the movie producers describing the project's genesis, and to give fans their first taste of the Westlake-scripted Bond that might have been.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Westlake is widely regarded as one of the great crime writers of the 20th Century. He won three Edgar Awards and was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America. Many of his books have been made into movies; Westlake also wrote the screenplay for The Grifters, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700674203711,"sku":"9781785654640","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aa6a362a52b5c982bed637ef07ec1ce8.webp?v=1765017706","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/forever-and-a-death-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}