The Actor [Paperback]

THE ACTOR: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANDRE HOLLAND, GEMMA CHAN, TRACEY ULLMAN and TOBY JONES

Donald E. Westlake's lost masterpiece MEMORY, adapted for the screen as THE ACTOR.

“An unsparing look at a man adrift, it's a fitting final dispatch from a master.”—Time

Terse and bleak and low-key emotional… indelible. —Entertainment Weekly

THE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE – 
THE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIME

Hospitalized after a liaison with another man’s wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul’s facing steep odds – and a bleak fate if he fails…

This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man’s struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.PRAISE FOR DONALD E. WESTLAKE


One of the great writers of the 20th Century.—Newsweek


The novel’s deeper meditations will keep you thinking long after you’ve closed the book.—USA Today


Elegant, melancholy… a significant final work from a master.—Publishers Weekly, starred review


One of his most interesting books… absolutely a must-read.—Booklist, starred review


Terse and bleak and low-key emotional… indelible.—Entertainment Weekly


An unsparing look at a man adrift, it's a fitting final dispatch from a master.—Time
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