DANCING AZTECS

by Donald E. Westlake ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 15, 1976

The frantic antics in Westlake's latest involve a million-dollar pre-Columbian statue which gets smuggled out of South America in a shipment along with fifteen plaster copies. Naturally, there's a mix-up at JFK after which the solid gold Aztec artifact falls into the hands of one of the members of a black activist group. Among the many attempting to hunt it down are Jerry Manelli, an ""almost respectable"" con artist living ""from hustle to hustle""; a Wall Street financier go-between and his NJ racketeer partner; an adulterous swimming pool salesman; an estranged harpist; and even aptly-named Pedro Ninni, the unworldly museum guard who ends up hijacking an ancient DC-3 because he unwittingly played a small role in the theft. Slick slapstick in the vein of that other hot rock.

Pub Date: Oct. 15, 1976

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Evans

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1976

Categories: FICTION