--- product_id: 45700249 title: "The Cutie Mass Market Paperback – April 19, 2011" brand: "donald e. westlake" price: "KD 14.50" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/45700249-the-cutie-mass-market-paperback-april-19-2011 store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # The Cutie Mass Market Paperback – April 19, 2011 **Brand:** donald e. westlake **Price:** KD 14.50 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Cutie Mass Market Paperback – April 19, 2011 by donald e. westlake - **How much does it cost?** KD 14.50 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/45700249-the-cutie-mass-market-paperback-april-19-2011) ## Best For - donald e. westlake enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted donald e. westlake brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Cutie Mass Market Paperback – April 19, 2011 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41e0oaz8lkL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Westlake as freshman (and cutie) *by C***) on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 30, 2014* Original publication date: 1960... My first call was to Archie Freihofer. The names on my list were mostly men, rich men who liked expensive tail. Archie, being overseer of the joie de vivre girls, was the obvious guy to know these people.“I read about you in the papers, baby,” Archie cooed, when I told him who I was. “You got a good press agent.”“And you got a lousy sense of humor,” I told him. “Listen, I’ve got some more checking for you to do.”“Anything, sweetie.”I don't know where Westlake paid his dues (he himself claimed Hammett and Rabe as masters), but his first novel already has masterly strokes, particularly his pitch-perfect dialogue:“Yeah, I know how it is. But you haven’t seen Mavis since she left you for this Morgan character?”“Morgan, Martin, something like that. Started with an M. Had something to do with television.”“Yeah, but have you seen her at all since then?”“Mavis? No, of course not. I don’t know why she ever hooked up with me in the first place. She didn’t want to break into the nightclub circuit. She was an actress, not an entertainer. And she couldn’t sing a note.”“So I’ve heard. What was she like, anyway? What kind of a girl was she?”He grinned at me. “Oh, she was a sharp girl,” he said. “She knew what she wanted, that girl did.”“And what was it she wanted?”“Money,” he said. “That’s all, just money. And lots of it.”It's almost as if, knowing how well he could do dialogue, he contrived a plot in which a 'young executive' in the Outfit has to investigate a murder by interviewing as many people as he can, sometimes twice. The solution to the mystery is nothing special. And the attempt to have a twist at the end ("The doorbell rang.") will not bear a moment's scrutiny. Still, it is an enjoyable debut. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful Early Work; First-Rate Westlake *by R***Z on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2018* Hard Case Crime is a national treasure, but they often play fast and loose with their covers. This delicious cover has nothing to do with the book. It is probably a portrait of Mavis St. Paul, who is already dead when the story opens. To our knowledge as readers she never handled a revolver and although she was interested in men with money there is nothing in the story concerning a suitcase full of currency. The original title of this 1960 novel was THE MERCENARIES and Mavis was definitely a member of that group, but she is not "The Cutie" of the reissued book. "The Cutie" is the individual who murdered Mavis and tried to get away with it."Clay" (originally George Clayton) is investigating the case. Clay is the right hand of a syndicate boss (Clay dislikes the term 'syndicate') with the perfect name, Ed Ganolese. When Clay got himself in trouble during his college days Ed bailed him out and Clay has repaid him with undying loyalty. Now Clay is living with a dancer named Ella and agonizing over the fact that he loves her but also loves his job, something that will inevitably come between them.In the meantime he searches for the cutie who killed Mavis as well as a sad, stuttering heroin addict named Billy-Billy Cantell. Billy-Billy is something of a hopeless case, but he is a dealer within Ed Ganolese's operation and Ed is not pleased that some cutie has framed him for Mavis' murder.The Manhattan setting is nicely realized; the plot is tight, more or less plausible and the characters attractive in their unattractive nature. The story is absorbing, the dialogue excellent. This is all Hemingway lean but not Hemingway light, as Westlake's protagonist broods over his life and work, creating an authentic and serious theme at the heart of the plot-driven narrative.Bottom line: this is amazing early work and first-rate Westlake. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A hidden Jewel *by K***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2014* I've been a Westlake fan for years and finding these early stories from Hard Case Crime Novels is like finding a sack full of great Christmas presents that had been tucked away and forgotten in the back of a closet. As always, Westlake is/was a great story teller, a great creator of memorable characters, and a joy to read.I gobbled up "361" "The Cutie" and "Somebody Owes Me Money" the moment I saw them... and devoured them much too quickly. 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