The Actor

By: Donald E. Westlake

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Synopsis: THE ACTOR: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANDRE HOLLAND, GEMMA CHAN, TRACEY ULLMAN and TOBY JONESDonald 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 WeeklyTHE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE – THE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIMEHospitalized 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.