Trust Me On This
by Donald E. Westlake
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What would it take to lure a serious young newswoman from a respectable New England paper to the most notorious supermarket tabloid in America? How about a promise of a salary that's triple what she's making? Sara Joslyn is fresh from journalism school and ready to take on the world. She has to settle for a sensational gossip rag where no low is too low, and no story is too outlandish to print. En route to her new job at the sleazy tabloid, Sara stumbles across a bloody corpse in a Buick show more Riviera. A big story? Not at this paper. The problem is compounded when the dead man vanishes, Buick and all. show lessTags
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I like amusing mysteries, and this one is clever and very, very funny. Sara Joslyn begins a reporting job at the Weekly Gazette, where the corpse she discovers on her way to work isn’t newsworthy since the victim isn’t famous. On the other hand getting a “money quote” from a nutritionist stating that potato chips can provide all necessary daily nutrients is a high priority. Join Sara in her squaricle as she enters the fast paced and totally zany world of tabloid journalism—and solves the mystery too.
A non-Dortmunder story by Donald E. Westlake, "Trust me on this" suffers in comparison to the Dortmunder stories but is still a humorous expose of American tabloid journalism, complete with stereotypical drunken Australian journalists.
A brilliant comic romp; as effortless, pointless, and agreeable as anything by Wodehouse. Westlake's books are to be cherished.
Trust Me On This: Different to the last Westlake I read. Written before the demise of the “News Of The World,” yet so synonymous with it's fall it is uncanny. A most enjoyable read and sometimes LOL funny.
I thought thst by reading Mr. Weslake's ' Hard Crime ' books I would like this. Not so. The stor was all over the place, the characters ditzy, no cohesiveness at all. Not a book I would recomment.
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Travailler pour un tabloïd semble beaucoup plus drôle que le lire. La description de l'équipe et du fonctionnement du journal est complètement délirante. Celui-ci est organisé en équipes entre lesquelles la compétition est impitoyable. Les journalistes n'écartent aucun moyen d'investigation ou de pression. Les faits et déclarations sont déformés à l'extrême. La ligne éditoriale (si on peut dire) fait penser au tabloid "Infos du jour", lui-même inspiré de "Weekly World News". Un très bon Westlake dans la veine humoristique.
On peut retrouver Sara, son chef d'équipe Jack, ainsi que leurs collègues du Galaxy-Hebdo dans Moi, mentir ?
On peut retrouver Sara, son chef d'équipe Jack, ainsi que leurs collègues du Galaxy-Hebdo dans Moi, mentir ?
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Author Donald E. Westlake was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 12, 1933. He attended colleges in New York, but did not graduate. He wrote more than 100 novels and 5 screenplays throughout his lifetime. He also wrote under numerous pseudonyms including Richard Stark, Tucker Coe, and Samuel Holt. Almost 20 of his novels were adapted into films and show more he created the television series, The Father Dowling Mysteries. He is a three-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for The Grifters. He was also named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 1993. He died of a heart attack on December 31, 2008 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) Donald E. Westlake has won three Edgar Awards & was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Grifters". He lives in upstate New York. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters
- Sara Joslyn; Jack Ingersoll; Bruno DeMassi
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