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Donald Westlake is the ackowledge master of the comic caper. Starting with 1965's "The Fugitve Pigeon", he had a run of very funny madcap novels before introducing the John Dortmunder hapless crook series. "A Likely Story", however, was rejected by many publishers because it did not fall into this tried and true formula.I consider it his finest effort, though. Set in the publishing world, the protagonist tries to market a Christmas coffee table book while he sorts out his complicated love life. Along the way he tries to talk many famous celebrities into contributing to his book. Very funny and a clever insight into the publishing world.

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