“I believe my subject is bewilderment. But I could be wrong.”

—  Donald E. Westlake

Statement at his official website http://www.donaldwestlake.com/autobiography/, also quoted in his obituary in The Washington Post (3 January 2009) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202282_pf.html

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