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High Adventure

de Donald E. Westlake

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One man's quest to make history--and a lot of money: "High entertainment" from the three-time Edgar Award-winning Grand Master of Mystery (Elmore Leonard).   Kirby Galway may be a low-level marijuana smuggler in Belize, but the man has a dream--to make lots and lots of money. So when a local official offers him a back-jungle tract of land he swears would make a perfect cattle ranch, Kirby jumps at the opportunity. Unfortunately, he lands himself in a swamp--that he now owns.   Kirby begins selling homemade "artifacts" from his property to American museums and witless tourists, even building a fake ancient temple and recruiting a tribe of Mayan Indians who know a good scam when they see one.   But his cash-cow paradise soon attracts the attention of two snooping New York reporters, a beautiful archaeologist from UCLA, and a troop of Guatemalan guerillas just itching to shoot somebody. Kirby is going to have to talk fast, move faster, and pull out every dirty trick he knows if he's going to get out of this alive . . .   "I thoroughly enjoyed High Adventure." --Elmore Leonard   "Westlake at his best: intriguing, fast moving . . . Ends with a slam-bang climax." --Los Angeles Times   Praise for Donald E. Westlake "Westlake has no peer in the realm of comic mystery novelists." --San Francisco Chronicle… (més)
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overlapping conspiracies surrounding Mayan antiquities in Belize
  ritaer | Mar 26, 2021 |
One of Westlake's lesser releases, "High Adventure" covers the hijinks of a Belize-based smuggler. While some readers would compare this to an Indiana Jones adventure, I just wished that Westlake would spend his time writing more Dortmunder books. ( )
  MiaCulpa | Apr 30, 2019 |
A stand-alone comedic novel with a strong romance subplot from Westlake. A smuggler, an archeologist, artifact forgers, corrupt local politicians, and marijuana (thus the "high" adventure), all played for laughs in inimitable Westlake style. ( )
  Lou_Cadle | Aug 27, 2014 |
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One man's quest to make history--and a lot of money: "High entertainment" from the three-time Edgar Award-winning Grand Master of Mystery (Elmore Leonard).   Kirby Galway may be a low-level marijuana smuggler in Belize, but the man has a dream--to make lots and lots of money. So when a local official offers him a back-jungle tract of land he swears would make a perfect cattle ranch, Kirby jumps at the opportunity. Unfortunately, he lands himself in a swamp--that he now owns.   Kirby begins selling homemade "artifacts" from his property to American museums and witless tourists, even building a fake ancient temple and recruiting a tribe of Mayan Indians who know a good scam when they see one.   But his cash-cow paradise soon attracts the attention of two snooping New York reporters, a beautiful archaeologist from UCLA, and a troop of Guatemalan guerillas just itching to shoot somebody. Kirby is going to have to talk fast, move faster, and pull out every dirty trick he knows if he's going to get out of this alive . . .   "I thoroughly enjoyed High Adventure." --Elmore Leonard   "Westlake at his best: intriguing, fast moving . . . Ends with a slam-bang climax." --Los Angeles Times   Praise for Donald E. Westlake "Westlake has no peer in the realm of comic mystery novelists." --San Francisco Chronicle

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