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    Two Much!

    By Donald E. Westlake

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    A ruse to bed a pair of twins quickly grows complicated.

    Art doesn't mean to tell Liz Kerwin that he has a twin. He's on Fire Island, and she's so beautiful that he's willing to say anything for a chance at getting rid of her clothes. So when Liz mentions an identical twin sister, Art blurts out that he has a twin too. His name is Bart, he says, and describes the most boring man he can dream up. Liz thinks he would be perfect for her sister Betty.

    When Art meets Betty -- who is, of course, just as lovely as her twin -- she asks about his brother. Hoping for a chance at the family fortune, Art dons a pair of glasses, slicks back his hair, and soon has 'Bart' engaged to the sister. As his simple lie spins out of control, Art learns that wooing sisters is never as easy as it seems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781784088934
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    Two Much!
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    Donald E. Westlake

    Donald E. Westlake has written numerous novels during the past 40 years, under his own name and various pseudonyms--most famously Richard Stark. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer of comic mystery of all time. Many of his books have been made into movies, including The Hunter which was filmed first as the noir classic with Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, and then as Payback starring Mel Gibson. He has won three Edgar Allan Poe Awards, and has been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

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    • 3/5
      A rather forgettable and dated farce by Westlake, who was capable of far better, featuring a chap named Art who falls in love with two women and decides to an invent a twin brother so he can woo both. Obviously, hi-jinks ensue.Westlake was a very funny writer and I'd suggest you stick to his Dortmunder series rather than average works like Two Much.